Justifications for using intermediate sanctions and community corrections

      What are the major justifications for using intermediate sanctions and community corrections (probation) in the criminal justice system, include in your discussion the strengths and weaknesses of intermediate sanctions and community corrections (probation)? Please be sure to support your statements with at least 3 points, ideas, discussions, etc. from the textbook and/or videos. Please make sure to indicate the page number(s) in the textbook where the points are discussed. If using a video just include a quick parenthetical or statement. For example, "as discussed in the video" or (video).