Question

Why are people convicted of a crime given prison sentences?

Choose all answers that are correct.


to protect the civil rights of criminal defendants


to serve as a warning to others


to protect society


to punish the person

Answer 1

To punish the person and to serve as a warning to others.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, they serve the goal of deterring future crime by both the convict and by other individuals contemplating a committal of the same crime. Second, a sentence serves the goal of retribution, which posits that the criminal deserves punishment for having acted criminally.