Miranda's revenge: Police interrogation as a confidence game

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-288

  Leo, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/3053960     Document Type: Article

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