The language of Miranda warnings in American jurisdictions: A replication and vocabulary analysis

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-136

  Rogers, Richard ^a   Hazelwood, Lisa L ^a   Sewell, Kenneth W ^a   Harrison, Kimberly S ^a   Shuman, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency to confess; Interrogation; Miranda; Miranda vocabulary; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JURISPRUDENCE; LANGUAGE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIRANDA WARNING; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; READING; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LANGUAGE; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 39749122560     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9091-y     Document Type: Article

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