Instructional Objectives for this activity:

Distinguish the differences among the types of sanctions.

Intermediate sanctions are used to keep offenders out of our overcrowded U.S prisons, and are a much less costly option than traditional imprisonment.

Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:

• Define what intermediate sanctions are and why we use them.
• Provide two examples and discuss the effectiveness of each.
• Please be sure to use statistics to support your response.

Clear, T.R., Cole, G.f., Reisig, M.D. (2013). American corrections, 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Instructional Objectives for this activity:

Distinguish the differences among the types of sanctions.

Intermediate sanctions are used to keep offenders out of our overcrowded U.S prisons, and are a much less costly option than traditional imprisonment.

Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:

• Define what intermediate sanctions are and why we use them.
• Provide two examples and discuss the effectiveness of each.
• Please be sure to use statistics to support your response.

Clear, T.R., Cole, G.f., Reisig, M.D. (2013). American corrections, 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.