Differential (e,e ′ pp) measurements are presently recognized as a way of studying short-range correlations in finite nuclei. The ( e,e ′ pp) and ( e,e ′ pn) differential cross section and polarization observables are studied in a microscopic model that accounts for the short-range correlations, outgoing-nucleon distortions, meson-exchange and ∆-isobar currents. It is pointed out that polarization observables represent an attractive alternative for absolute electronuclear two-nucleon knockout measurements. In the polarization transfer P ′ t for ( e,e ′ pp), the effect of central shortrange correlations is predicted to be large while at the same time the final-state interaction effects are small.Keywords : electronuclear nucleon production ; polarization observables For long, polarization degrees of freedom have been advocated as an attractive way of obtaining nucleon and nuclear structure information from exclusive electron scattering experiments. Often, polarization observables allow for accessing very specific combinations of structure functions with transparent physical interpretations. Recently explored examples include the precise measurement of the neutron electromagnetic form factors for which extensive programs were set up at the intermediate-energy electron accelerator facilities MAMI, BATES and TJNAF. In these neutron form factor studies, polarized electron beams are used in combination with either a polarized target ( 3 He( e,e ′ )) or an ejectile polarimeter (d( e,e ′ n)p). Although various electronuclear reactions, like the semi-inclusive eA−→ e ′ pX [1] and the inclusive (e,e ′ ) [2,3], have been shown to exhibit some sensitivity to the short-range structure of finite nuclei, the triple-coincidence (e,e ′ pp) reaction, albeit a rather involving coincidence reaction, is probably one of the most direct ways of probing the two-nucleon correlations [4]. Not only does the electromagnetic interaction avoid complications with respect to the initial-state interaction, the measured properties of the two detected protons makes it possible to reconstruct the characteristics of the correlated diproton in the target nucleus. Recently, it was experimentally verified [5][6][7] that even at relatively low values of the four-momentum transfer (Q 2 ≤ 0.12 GeV 2 ) and selected kinematics the (e,e ′ pp) reaction is dominated by photoabsorption on 1 S 0 diprotons [6,7]. This observation confirms the potential of the exclusive (e,e ′ pp) reaction to probe the short-range part of the two-nucleon correlations in the nuclear medium. At the same time, it is now widely recognized that electromagnetic production of a ∆ 33 resonance with subsequent π 0 decay and reabsorption on a proton represents an important competing mechanism that also feeds the (e,e ′ pp) reaction. Accordingly, it is of the utmost importance to find observables that allow for an unambiguous determination of the short-range correlation effects out of the background of competing processes. As the (e,e ′ pp) strength generated through intermediate ∆ 33 creat...