Deficits in Miranda Comprehension and Reasoning: The Effects of Substance Use and Attention Deficits. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Deficits in Miranda Comprehension and Reasoning: The Effects of Substance Use and Attention Deficits.

Creator

  • Author: Hazelwood, Lisa L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Rogers, Richard, 1950-
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Cox, Randall J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Sewell, Kenneth W.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2009-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Each year, an estimated 318,000 defendants who do not comprehend the Miranda warnings waive their rights and provide incriminating evidence without the protection of counsel (Rogers, 2008), which make Miranda-related competencies one of the most pervasive pretrial issues. A wide range of issues could potentially affect an individual's capacity to provide a knowing and intelligent waiver. Previous Miranda research has focused narrowly on the effects of cognitive and developmental factors. The current study added to the Miranda literature by examining the impact of two highly prevalent conditions found in correctional populations, attention deficits and substance abuse. Adult defendants in custody (N = 118) were evaluated within 36 hours of arrest in order to assess both chronic psychological disorders and situational variables. Results indicate that attention deficits have a significant impact on defendants' ability to provide a knowing Miranda waiver, whereas substance use profoundly affected their reasoning about Miranda waiver decisions. This study represents the first systematic investigation of the effect of transient mental states on Miranda-related abilities with criminal defendants. Important implications for forensic practice are addressed.

Subject

  • Keyword: Miranda
  • Keyword: ADHD
  • Keyword: legal competency
  • Keyword: forensic assessment
  • Keyword: attention
  • Keyword: substance abuse
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Right to counsel -- United States.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Confession (Law) -- United States.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Self-incrimination -- United States.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Police questioning -- United States.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Attention-deficit disorder in adults.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Substance abuse.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Hazelwood, Lisa L.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 568608832
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3823883
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc12132

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Clinical Psychology
  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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