Journal article
Juveniles' Miranda comprehension: Understanding, appreciation, and totality of circumstances factors
Law and human behavior, v 39(3)
Jun 2015
PMID: 25495714
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Abstract
This study examined juvenile justice-involved youths' understanding and appreciation of the Miranda warnings' rights to silence and legal counsel using the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments (Goldstein, Zelle, & Grisso, 2012). It also examined the relationships between totality of circumstances factors and understanding and appreciation of rights. Data were collected from 183 youths (140 boys) in pre- and postadjudication facilities in 2 states. Overall, youths demonstrated greater difficulty on measures of appreciation than understanding, with particular deficits in their abilities to comprehend the abstract concept of the right to silence. Results varied slightly by instrument, highlighting the importance of a multimodal assessment of these complex abilities. Examination of totality of circumstances factors identified relationships between some factors (e.g., age, verbal IQ, academic achievement) and Miranda comprehension, but revealed that other factors (e.g., gender, number of previous arrests) were not significantly related to Miranda understanding or appreciation. The findings support a nuanced conceptualization of Miranda rights comprehension that acknowledges the complexity of understanding and appreciating the warnings. Empirical analyses also support the continued use of some totality of circumstances factors and abandonment of others. Findings underscore the necessity of multimodal assessment and interpretation when conducting capacity to waive Miranda rights evaluations.
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- Title
- Juveniles' Miranda comprehension: Understanding, appreciation, and totality of circumstances factors
- Creators
- Heather Zelle - Department of Psychology, Drexel UniversityChristina L Riggs Romaine - Department of Psychology, Drexel UniversityNaomi E S Goldstein - Department of Psychology, Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Law and human behavior, v 39(3)
- Publisher
- United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000355838800007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84930276858
- Other Identifier
- 991014878149404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Law
- Psychology, Social