Discuss the benefits that have been attributed to graduated sanctions

What will be an ideal response?


The benefits of intermediate sanctions include certainty, celerity, proportionality, and progressiveness. Certainty means that the infractions of the behavioral contract are quickly discovered and sanctioned. Celerity means the response to violations is swift. Proportionality means the structured sanctions menu is designed to ensure that the level of punishment is commensurate with the severity of the criminal behavior. Progressiveness means that the structured sanctions menu is designed to result in increasingly stringent responses to continued violations.

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