In addition to potentially helping rehabilitate offenders better than incarceration, probation is also an appealing sentencing option because it:

A. controls for recidivism better than other intermediate sanctions.
B. holds the promise of great financial savings.
C. only treats the most suitable offenders.
D. is justified in the ladder of punishment as a just desert sanction based on the severity of the criminal act.


Answer: B

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