Intermediate Sanctions: Their Purpose In The Criminal Justice Process

* Write a 200- to 300-word response defining what intermediate sanctions are, their purpose in the criminal justice process, and their function as a sentencing alternative. Then, answer this question: Do you feel intermediate sanctions are an appropriate punishment? Explain your rationale. *
Intermediate sanctions are sanctions that are more restrictive than probation and less restrictive than imprisonment. The main purposes of intermediate sanctions are to reduce the pressures of overcrowded jails and prisons, and understaffed probation officers, and offices. There are two primary types of sentences for committing a crime, which are to be imprisoned, and probation but the judge also has other sentencing options that he/she can oppose,