The comprehensibility and content of juvenile Miranda warnings

Autor:	Kenneth W. Sewell, Lisa L. Hazelwood, Richard Rogers, Hayley L. Blackwood, Daniel W. Shuman
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Reading level Legal service Law Reading (process) Juvenile delinquency Juvenile Psychology Right to counsel Demography media_common
Zdroj:	Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 14:63-87
ISSN:	1939-1528 1076-8971
DOI:	10.1037/a0013102
Popis:	Annually, more than 1.5 million juvenile offenders are arrested and routinely Mirandized with little consideration regarding the comprehensibility of these warnings. The current investigation examined 122 juvenile Miranda warnings from across the United States regarding their length, reading level, and content. Even more variable than general Miranda warnings, juvenile warnings ranged remarkably from 52 to 526 words; inclusion of Miranda waivers and other material substantially increased these numbers (64 –1,020 words). Flesch-Kincaid reading estimates varied dramatically from Grade 2.2 to postcollege. Differences in content included such critical issues as (a) right to parent/guardian input, (b) specification of free legal services for indigent defendants, and (c) statements of right to counsel in conditional terms. Recommendations for simplified juvenile Miranda warnings are presented.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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