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Intermediate sanctions are done between experimentation and imprisonment. These are government’s response to the prison overcrowding. They are the alternating rebuke that is used to observe criminals who are not under the common limits of audition. They can be court ordered or can be given by the group of probation. These intermediate sanctions are mainly in American but can be different from state to state (Schaefer, Cullen & Eck, 2015).
Intermediate sanctions are lenient to criminals as it seems like an option of sentencing that restricts more probation activities and allow more offenders to be released to the community without the engagement of the community. The sanctions are established within the aim of rehabilitation which is a type of punishment that is used to reform the criminal and return the criminal to the society as a citizen who has abided the law. They can be said to tolerate the offenders as they eliminate the overcrowding in prisons as it allows more criminals to engage in programs that are made change the offender as he lives as part of the given community. The intermediate sanctions help in reduction of the criminal repetition of a certain crime. This is because the rehabilitation programs are made to evaluate the cause of the criminal behavior and the offender is less likely to repeat the mistake (Schaefer, Cullen & Eck, 2015).
These sanctions impact to the CCOs in a bad way. This can be explained by the fact that as the offenders are in probation, they need supervision so as not to bring problems in the community. These convicted criminals are released by the court as they serve their sentence under conditions that are outlined by the court. The court retains its power and gives the CCOs the authority to supervise and resentence the criminal if the probationer violates the rules of probation (Schaefer, Cullen & Eck, 2015).
Reference
Schaefer, L., Cullen, F. T., & Eck, J. E. E. (2015). Environmental Corrections: A New Paradigm for Supervising Offenders in the Community.
