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Match the conservation strategy with its description.

Which of the following is true about dams?

Farming has changed a lot within the last 100 years.  First with the adoption of industrial farming practices and technology and more recently with the adoption of transgenic plants.  Describe at least two pros and two cons of industrial farming AND two pros and two cons of farming with transgenic plants. 

27.  A modified desert model, according to Andrew von Hirsch, would permit deviation from proportionality in cases of the gravest risks of crime.a.  trueb.  false

30.  Which below would be considered an intermediate punishment?a.  house arrestb.  intensive probationc.  boot campsd.  all of the above

15.  What “good” is promoted by paternalistic punishment, according to Herbert Morris?a.  promotes moral autonomy of the personb.  develops empathy so that the offender is no longer blind to the wrong they did c.  person retains conception of oneself as worth of respectd.  all of the abovee.  a & b only

21.  There are two aspects related to the distribution of punishment according to Hart:  who may be punished and how much punishment.a.  trueb.  false

42.  What is true about Morris’ approach to sentencing guidelines?a.  he wants a firm ceiling at the top end, and a broad gap down to the low endb.  he doesn’t believe desert can precisely define punishment, so he allows for other principles to fine-tune the sentence between the maximum and the minimumc.  he does not generally favor using rehabilitation as a reason to impose longer sentences or to extend sentencesd.  all of the above

12.  Marxists would say that…a.  people are bad because they are poorb.  people are poor because they are badc.  both of the above are true for Marxists

26.  A “penal desert” demands…a.  eye for an eye punishmentb.  punishments be proportionate to the severity of the crimec.  all of the aboved.  none of the above