The Miranda Ruling: Its Past, Present, and Future
Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Mary L. Pitman
Abstract
In 1966 the Supreme Court ruled that law-enforcement officers were required to inform criminal defendants about their rights to remain silent or have an attorney present during their interrogation. In the 40 years since the inception of the “Miranda rule,” its anticipated effect has not been realized. The purposes of this book are to examine the reasons why the goal of the authors of the Miranda ruling has not been met and to identify procedures that move the criminal justice system closer to this goal. Separate chapters deal with four causes: the limitations and compromises in the original de ... More
Keywords: confessions, defendants’ rights, fifth amendment rights, Miranda rights, Miranda v. Arizona, Miranda warnings, police interrogation, right to remain silent, sixth amendment rights, supreme court
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199730902 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2010 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730902.001.0001 |
