CRIM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Day-Fine
4 Apr 2016
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Chapter outline: the case for intermediate sanctions, unnecessary imprisonment, most sanctions imposed in the u. s. and in other western democracies do not involve imprisonment. In the u. s. , probation is the most common sanction. 2: prison as punishment is not very effective, 44% of releases complete parole term, 66% complete probation, prison continues to dominate our thinking on punishment, limitations of probation: there is good reason to believe that probation is. 3. ineffective with serious offenders: caseloads are too large for meaningful supervision because probation officers handle 100+ offenders at a time; the average probationer gets maybe 15 minutes of contact a week. In the limited time available, little may happen to help the probationer achieve a lifestyle change. Intermediate sanctions, however, can improve traditional probation supervision in two ways. a. b. 179: therefore, intermediate sanctions allow a closer tailoring of the punishment to the offender"s situation. It allows more responsive management of individual offenders.
