List and describe three types of authority

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• In his earliest writings, Weber distinguished between authority and power. Later, he delineated three types of authority.
• Traditional: Vested in the position a person holds and that has a long tradition in a culture or organization.
• Charismatic: Founded on the personable attributes or actions (or both) of a particular individual in an organization.
• Legal: Based on an appeal to the formal rules and regulations of an organization. It is rooted in the hierarchy and predicated on the expectation that subordinates follow the orders and commands of those above them in the formal chain of command.

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A person may not waive their rights under the Fourth Amendment and consent to a search

a. True b. False

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In 1984, Dr. Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicaster observed that DNA from different individuals contains different polymorphisms. His laboratory developed a technique for isolating and analyzing these variable areas that is known as:

a. DNA quantifying, or DNA profiling. b. DNA fingerprinting, or DNA profiling. c. DNA sorting, or DNA profiling. d. DNA investigating, or DNA profiling.

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Procedural safeguards to assure due process during interrogation resulted from

a. Miranda v. Arizona. b. Florida v. J.L. c. Dickerson v. United States. d. Alabama v. White. e. Terry v. Ohio.

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Unlike the criminal code adopted by the correctional system in the American colonies, William Penn's "Great Law" required that felons:

A. receive a whipping or a branding before being released. B. be released only after receiving a religious pardon. C. be awarded the death penalty. D. pay restitution of property or goods to their victims.

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