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

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

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.

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