Conducting Miranda Evaluations Applications of Psychological Experti
This innovative book provides both the conceptual framework and clinical methods needed to appropriately handle problems that arise in the administration of Miranda warnings and waivers. Largely overlooked for decades, Miranda rights have
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ducting Miranda Evaluations
Applications of Psychological Expertise and Science within the Forensic Context
Conducting Miranda Evaluations
Richard Rogers • Eric Y. Drogin
Conducting Miranda Evaluations Applications of Psychological Expertise and Science within the Forensic Context
Richard Rogers Department of Psychology University of North Texas Denton, TX, USA
Eric Y. Drogin Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Preface
Largely overlooked until the last two decades, Miranda evaluations may eventually overshadow all other criminal forensic mental health issues combined. A conservative estimate (Rogers 2011) is that several hundred thousand adult defendants per year—persons with serious mental disorders and severely impaired Miranda abilities—waive their rights and confess without the benefit of counsel. Each year, comparable numbers are estimated for developmentally immature juvenile detainees facing custodial questioning. This book is timely in addressing this emerging crisis and in positioning psychologists and psychiatrists as the professionals best equipped to meet its challenges. Conducting Miranda Evaluations provides practicing psychologists and psychiatrists with both the conceptual framework and clinical methods needed to respond to these forensic assessment opportunities. Readers are presented with balanced, empirically driven guidance on how to interact with counsel, conduct these assessments, and communicate their con
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