The answer is death. There are four forms of criminal sanctions in the United States and these are: incarceration, intermediate sanctions, probation, and death. Incarceration can happen in prison. Intermediate sanctions are consequences that are more severe than probation but less severe than incarceration. Probation is a verdict that the offender serves in the community. While death is the least frequently used sanction. Death penalty may have more implication as a political symbol than as a preventive to crime.
