Interrogation Expectations: Individual and Race/Ethnic Group Variation Among an Adult Sample

Johnson, Matthew; Citron-Lippmann, Kimberly; Massey, Christina; Raghavan, Chitra; Kavanagh, Ann Marie

doi:10.1080/15377938.2014.936641

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“…Public perceptions of Miranda rights can be strongly influenced by whether the police are perceived as honoring these rights. Using 12 different vignettes in which the suspects exercised their rights, Johnson et al () asked community and college participants to categorize how the police were likely to respond: (a) honor the assertion of rights; (b) continue questioning; or (c) continue to question and pressure the suspect with threats. Only 18.3% believed that the police officers would always honor the request and stop questioning.…”

Section: Rights Of the Accused: The American Perspectivementioning

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One American Perspective on the Rights of Accused: An Initial Survey of Miranda Rights in a Broader Context

Rogers

Sharf

Clark

et al. 2016

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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In the wake of countless police dramas, commonly held misperceptions endure that the American public knows both Miranda warnings and concomitant rights. Past research has tested public knowledge of Miranda per se, without evaluating additional misconceptions. The current investigation utilizes the European Union's much more all-encompassing safeguards, as delineated in the EU's 2012 Directive and Letter of Rights. Besides knowledge of Miranda, the advisability of these enhanced rights and protections was also assessed. In order to obtain a cross-section of the community, 619 participants were recruited from actual jury pools. Interestingly, they believed that Miranda afforded arrestees many more protections than it actually does. In general, nearly all (>90%) agreed that the accused should be given accurate information (e.g., charges and alleged criminal acts) coupled with an absence of police deception. The potential implications of these findings are discussed as they relate to police practices and due process.

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Section: Rights Of the Accused: The American Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

One American Perspective on the Rights of Accused: An Initial Survey of Miranda Rights in a Broader Context

Rogers

Sharf

Clark

et al. 2016

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…It is well-established that communities of color face disadvantages at all steps of the criminal justice process (Haney-Caron & Fountain, 2021; Kutateladze et al, 2014) and, as a result, parents of color are more likely to prepare their children to have negative interactions with the police (April et al, 2022; Brunson & Weitzer, 2011). In addition, prior research has revealed that Black adults are less likely to believe the police will respect their Miranda rights, which can lead to them waiving their rights out of the belief that they will be ignored or penalized for asserting Miranda (Johnson et al, 2015).…”

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Parent advice to children during interrogations: Do crime severity and perceptions of consequences matter?

Hellgren,

Haney-Caron,

Baker

et al. 2024

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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Although many jurisdictions assume that the presence of a parent during youth interrogation protects the child's rights, research on factors that influence parents' behavior and advice is limited. The current study examined factors that influence parental advice to their children regarding Miranda waiver, including the severity of the crime and perceived consequences of adjudication. In an online survey, 997 parents were presented with personalized vignettes in which their child was accused of a crime that varied in severity. We asked parents what advice they would give their child regarding Miranda waiver, the motivation(s) for their advice, and the consequences they believed would be associated with potential adjudication. As predicted, we found that as the severity of the crime increased, so did the number of perceived consequences, which in turn led to an increased likelihood of parents advising their child to assert their Miranda rights. Additionally, a majority of parents cited wanting to protect their child's rights as the motivation for giving advice to assert Miranda. However, parents who advised their child to talk with the police reported they would do so because they also believed it protected their child and was important for them to be honest and take responsibility for their actions. Our results contextualize past research related to parental advice during interrogation and provide support for scholarship that theorizes parents may be influenced by competing roles in the interrogation room. Findings suggest the need for additional policy protections for youth during interrogation, even for interrogations about lower-level offenses.

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“…This would fit with 'rights' being an abstract term, requiring a year 9 education (about 13-14 years old) to understand (Rogers et al, 2008b). Research with American adults who have been questioned by the police showed only 63 20% believed the police would fully comply with their decision to invoke their legal rights (Johnson et al, 2015). Research is needed to see whether young people have similar expectations of the New Zealand police and if so, may mean young people believe legal rights are given at the police's discretion, which is inaccurate and illegal.…”

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Revising the Language of the New Zealand Youth Rights Caution to Support Understanding Among Young People

Talbot¹

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<p>Many young people in New Zealand will engage in antisocial behaviour during their teenage years. Consequently, many young people will interact with the police. When young people speak to police, they are read the Child/Young Persons Rights Caution (the Youth Caution) which informs them of the rights they are entitled to (legal rights), such as choosing to stay silent and speaking with a lawyer. However, many young people have an incomplete understanding of their rights as the Youth Caution does not support complete understanding. An explanation for this incomplete understanding is the language within the Youth Caution is too complex for young people. The current study sought to address this issue by creating and piloting a revised youth caution which aimed to be simpler and easier for young people to understand. Three research questions were addressed in this study: 1) What was young people’s level of understanding of their legal rights? 2) Would the revised youth caution improve the level of legal rights understanding? 3) Would understanding of legal rights increase with age? To answer these questions, young people (aged 10-18 years) were recruited from schools and the community (n = 101). Their legal rights understanding levels were then assessed, based on hearing either the standard or the revised youth caution. The results in relation to the research questions showed participants’ legal rights understanding was incomplete, the revised youth caution did not improve understanding across any aspects of legal rights understanding and understanding increased with age. These results suggest simplifying the language within the Youth Caution is not sufficient to support young people’s understanding, and legislation could offer further support, such as requiring a lawyer to be present as the default option when young people are speaking to the police.</p>

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Interrogation Expectations: Individual and Race/Ethnic Group Variation Among an Adult Sample

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

One American Perspective on the Rights of Accused: An Initial Survey of Miranda Rights in a Broader Context

One American Perspective on the Rights of Accused: An Initial Survey of Miranda Rights in a Broader Context

Parent advice to children during interrogations: Do crime severity and perceptions of consequences matter?

Revising the Language of the New Zealand Youth Rights Caution to Support Understanding Among Young People

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