¶ … intermediate sanctions? Over the last decade there have been rising overcrowding in prisons and other correction facilities making them costly and dangerous for the inmates. There has been also a need to better manage the crime levels in the community as well as reduce crime, and give fair sentencing to adult offenders. These are the main factors that led to development of intermediate sanctions (Caputo G., 2004).

Discuss the evolution and use of boot camps. What are the purposes of shock incarceration?

The increased crime rates among the juvenile in the late 70s and early 80s led to the development of the boot camps with first being set in 1980. They are owned by the government or by private sector. It is estimated that there are almost 100 boot camps in the U.S.A. today. Shock incarceration is the alternative to incarceration which leads to earlier liberation from confinement. They are the preferred mode of correction for juveniles and first offenders for that matter. The juveniles are subjected to military-like routine with a focus on discipline and physical labor. The program is brief (cheaper) and intense (effective on the offender) and that is why it is preferred.

How successful have boot camps been?

The boot camps have been the preferred mode of correction from 1990s and the success rates have been measured by the rate of completion of the entire program pegged at 90%. The teenagers also have the uncompromised officers in the camps that instill the values that help them in the life after the camps.

What are some examples of residential community corrections facilities?

The community correction facilities include prerelease centers, restitution centers, work ethics camp, work release center, residential drug treatment facilities and community correction centers. Others are halfway houses facilities, residential community correction facilities,

The probationer under the intensive supervision will have at least four times more contact than the regular probation. 25% of the face-to-face contact with the probationer in the intensive supervision occurs in the probationers' home so as to help track the progress of the probationer.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of house arrest?

The advantages of house is that it saves costs whenever there is a feeling that the cost of maintaining a prisoner in average penitentiaries would be very expensive or the cumulative cost of the inmates is to a level where the government cannot support any more inmates. It also allows offenders or offenders of non-violent nature get rehabilitated in their home environment.

The disadvantages cold be an easy way out to punishment and the consequences may not be grave enough to deter future recidivism. Due to the continued provisions, they may disregard the fact that they are offenders and are under punishment.

Why should intermediate sanction programs have a clear goals and objectives?

There should be clear objectives so as to guard against the possibility of the probationer…