Intermediate Sanctions are new punishments developed to fill in the gaps between traditional probation and traditional jail or prison (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Intermediate sanctions better match the severity of punishment to the seriousness of the crime. Intermediate sanctions were started in the 1980’s to respond to increased convicted offenders and widescale over population. Prior to intermediate sanctions, options were limited to incarceration or probation with the sentences being too hard or too soft for the crimes the offenders were being convicted of. Some of the intermediate sanctions that were started are boot camps, drug court, remote-location monitoring, and day fines. Some of this program work
