Intermediate Sanctions
To prepare for this assignment, complete the scenario activity, Intermediate Sanctions or Incarceration? You will receive 10 points toward your total assignment points.
This is a scenario-based assignment. In this scenario, you have been hired as a consultant by your home state’s Department of Corrections. You are tasked with identifying intermediate sanctions for offenders, due to current prison overcrowding. You should provide an overview of what intermediate sanctions are. Next, provide three examples of intermediate sanctions. Finally, discuss what types of offenders would be suitable for the intermediate sanctions you identified.
Your paper must meet the following requirements:
- Your written paper should be 2-3 pages in length not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.
- Use terms, evidence, and concepts from class readings.
- Cite at least three scholarly sources for this assignment. Scholarly resources include: peer-reviewed journal articles, books, the class textbook, or reports/documents from the government (.gov sites). A scholarly source does not include general sources from the internet (.com, .org, .edu, and .net sites are not scholarly). Scholarly resources should be current (no older than five years). If the class textbook is used as a source, then two other scholarly sources must be used.
- The CSU Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a great place to find resources.
- Your paper must be formatted according to CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- If you need assistance with your writing style, start with the links under the Research Help and Writing Help tabs on the CSU Global Library (Links to an external site.).