INSTRUMENTS FOR ASSESSING, UNDERSTANDING & APPRECIATION OF MIRANDA RIGHTS
(Book)

Introduction

Part I:  Overview

• Purpose of the Instruments
• Brief Description of the Instruments
• Benefits of the Instruments
• Limits of the Instruments

Part II:  Development, Reliability, and Validity of the Instruments

• Comprehension of Miranda Rights (CMR)
• Comprehension of Miranda Rights - Recognition (CMR-R)
• Comprehension of Miranda Vocabulary (CMV)
• Function of Rights in Interrogation (FRI)
• Validity of the Instruments

Part III: Comprehension of Miranda Rights (CMR)

• Administration
• Scoring

Part IV:  Comprehension of Miranda Rights - Recognition (CMR-R)

• Administration
• Scoring

Part V:  Comprehension of Miranda Vocabulary (CMV)

• Administration
• Scoring

Part VI:  Function of Rights in Interrogation (FRI)

• Administration
• Scoring

Part VII:  Interpretation

• Describing Performance
• Offering Reasons for Deficits in Performance on the Measures
• Generalizing to Capacities in the Past
• Relation of Performance to Opinions about Validity of Waiver

Part VIII:  Legal Relevance of the Miranda Measures

• Scientific Basis for the Measures
• Peer Reviews and Publications
• Knowledge of Error
• Instruments' Acceptance in the Field

References

Legal References to Appellate Cases Citing the Miranda Research Study (Grisso, 1980, 1981)

Tables for Clinical Interpretation of the Miranda Measures

Record and Scoring Form