Juvenile and False Confession

I engage heard the legitimate philosophy repeat the Miranda right time and again in television movies involving police and nuisance suspect. Prior to my MS in rhetorical psychological science program in Walden University, I had non the slightest idea that the lecture embedded in Miranda rights are actually legal right, I approximation they were mere lines used in movie acting and I never envis elder its importance even Police in Nigerian movies recites this right to crime suspects even though the Nigerian constitution is silence about much(prenominal) right.Historically, Miranda right was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme address which passed 5-4 in 1966 in the honorsuit Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436. Miranda rights gives suspects the right to pillow silent when arrested, the experience that any statement made can be used against them in a Court of law and an under set uping they have the right to an lawyer and they reserve the right to let go this ri ght and succumb to interrogation by the police. Research abound that addresses the in talent of juveniles in fully comprehending the implication of waiving Mirada rights.Ferguson, Jimenez & capital of Mississippi (2010) conducted literature review of relevant research studies and lawsuits to establish the fact that juveniles are not properly developed to make informed decisions when it comes to upholding their right to remain silence in the wake of police arrest and their competence to stand trial. Studies has confirmed the fact that age an IQ level of juveniles is related to juveniles ability to comprehend Mirada rights (Goldstein, Condie, Kalbeitzer, Osman, & Geier, 2003).Grisso (1997) also noted that juveniles limited understanding of legal terminologies leads to change magnitude risk of waiving their Miranda rights. Ferguson, Jimenez and Jackson further reviewed articles on cognitive and psychological abilities in juvenile citing the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Ado lescent festering and new-fashioned Justice. The installations study indicated that adolescents and adult differed significantly in psychosocial abilities.The most important result of this research work which symbolized a compiling of reclaimings from literature reviewed on competency to stand trial and vulnerability to sour confession which is of immense value to the police setting is the finding by Kassin and Norwick (2004) which indicated that innocent individuals were more likely to waive their Miranda rights than guilty individuals because of their faith in the legal system. An early(a) important finding was gotten from the review ofViljoen, Klaver and Roesch (2005) study which revealed that defendants aged surrounded by 11 to 17 years, older ones remained silent while junior ones were more likely to confess. This was in consonant with Redlich and Goodman (2003) who assessed treasonably confession between 3 age groups 12 to 13, 15 to 16 and 18 to 26. the 12 to 1 age gr oup were more prone to wild confession. old juveniles were however more prone to false confession when presented with evidence. Overall, the research found juveniles between the age of 12 and 16 were practically vulnerable to false confessions.The various results reported is of immense value in police settings. The police using the results of this research must pay particular attention to defendants who balk to waive their Miranda rights because as Kassin And Norwick (2004) study has revealed, innocent defendants are quick to waive their Miranda rights. However, care must be taken by police to find out the waiving of rights by defendants is due to psychological immaturity on beak of age of the defendant (Goldstein et al. , 2003) or is due to the defendants lack of understanding of legal terminologies (Grisso, 1997).The results of this research also revealed that juveniles between the age of 16 to 18 may give false confession when presented with evidence. The police must explo re other ways of interrogating juveniles to obtain reliable and correct information other than presenting false evidence which influences juveniles negatively thereby leading them to make false confession. familiarity gleaned from Eckhardt, Norland, and Bradley(2004) study is that sometimes, offenders maladaptive behavior is specific to the individual characteristic of the perpetrator.Forensic psychology professionals working in police setting must understand juveniles on account of their age lacks the capacity to understand legal terminologies which may be one of the reasons they more readily waive their Miranda rights (Grisso, 1997). Forensic Psychology Professionals in police settings must therefore work with juveniles with the understanding that their stage of psychosocial growing is below that of the adults. REFERENCES Eckhardt, C. , & Norlander, B. (2004). Anger Hostility and Male Perpetrators of In- Timate Partner Violence A Meta-Analytic Review. 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