NCJ Number
177008
Editor(s)
R A Leo,
G C Thomas C,
Date Published
1998
Length
358 pages
Annotation
This anthology contains a diverse range of 24 key writings on the issues raised by the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 1966 ruling in Miranda v. Arizona, one of the Court's most significant and influential judicial decisions on criminal procedure.
Abstract
The anthology stems from the continuing debate about the conflict between the crime-control interests of the criminal justice system and defendants' constitutional rights. The book contains four sections, each with an introduction by the volume editors that places the essays in each section within a broader social context. The first section reviews the pre-Miranda law of confessions, Ernest Miranda's crime and his victim, the U.S. Supreme Court's "Miranda" decision, and the ways in which the courts and police adjusted to the ruling. The second section explores the ethical, legal, and public policy dimensions of the Miranda decision. Section three examines how the Miranda decision works (or does not work) in the real-world setting of police interrogation; radically different interpretations of the empirical evidence are considered. The book concludes with discussions of the challenges and dilemmas that are likely to shape the future of the Miranda decision in the processing of criminal cases. Chapter notes and a subject index