Two of the most common programs, specifically mentioned in state law, are home detention and work release. Home detention programs require offenders to serve sentences in specific residential locations.
- Reduced Negative Effects. The jail experience can negatively affect a person’s mind, emotions, and body.
- Safe Addiction Treatment.
- Lower Community Cost and Likelihood of Reoffending.
- More Targeted Use of Prison Space.
- Increases Chances of Successful Recovery.
What are the disadvantages of alternative sanctions?
Another criticism of alternative sentencing is that the penalty is not powerful enough. Thus, it does not fulfill society’s need to punish offenders on the victim’s behalf. Yet, alternative sentencing is only available for nonviolent offenders. This restricts the need for retribution a bit.
What is an alternative sanction?
An Alternative sanction is any settlement of a criminal case not resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or continuous imprisonment, including postponement of trial, conviction without punishment, conviction with suspended sentence, definitive measures not involving confinement, freedom limiting measures that are not imposed continuously.
Evidence indicates that the replacement of a short prison sentence with an alternative sanction has not led to an increase of criminality.
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