"It's Just Like on TV": An Analysis of the Mirandizing Process on TV.
When Mirandizing a suspect, officers sometimes compare the Mirandizing process to their representation on TV. In doing so, officers assume the suspect (and more generally the American public) is familiar with, and understands, their Miranda warnings due to their dissemination on TV. Thus, this paper...
| Publicado en: | Criminal Justice Review (Sage Publications) Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 191 - 205 |
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