In part, the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment states that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. The Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, held that such language required law enforcement interrogating a suspect in custody to inform them of their right to not self-incriminate. That case, Miranda v. Arizona (1966), made clear that, prior to questioning, suspects must be warned that they have a right to remain silent, that any statement they do make may be used as evidence against them, and that they have a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. In its analysis and conclusions, the Court emphasized that Fifth Amendment rights (i.e., the Mirandawarnings) apply once suspects are questioned during custodial interrogation. The Court defined custodial interrogation as questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of their freedom of action in any...
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Levesque, R.J.R. (2011). Custodial Interrogations. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_743
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