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The Psychometric Properties of the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments with Incarcerated Adults
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Oct 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-6544
Abstract
This study extended the psychometric properties of the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments (MRCI), the revised version of Grisso's (1998) Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights, to an adult offender population. Analyses were conducted to establish reliability and validity estimates for the revised instruments and compare them to psychometric estimates Goldstein and colleagues' (2014) obtained for the MRCI using juvenile justice and community youth samples as well as to those Grisso (1998) obtained for the original instruments using a combined justice-involved youth and offending and non-offending adult sample. Results revealed that reliability and validity estimates for the MRCI established using adult offenders were similar to those obtained using juvenile justice and community youth. In comparison to the original instruments, the MRCI was slightly less reliable, but demonstrated stronger validity. Nonetheless, these findings support the psychometric quality of the MRCI as a valuable forensic assessment tool for use in evaluations of adult defendants' capacities to understand and appreciate their Miranda rights.
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- Title
- The Psychometric Properties of the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments with Incarcerated Adults
- Creators
- Leah Ashley Brogan - DU
- Contributors
- Naomi E. Goldstein (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 6544; 991014632181204721