Book contents
- Police Interrogation, Language, and the Law
- Police Interrogation, Language, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 In the Judges’ Own Words: The Law and Custodial Interrogation in the United States
- 3 Police Interrogation in the United States: From the Reid Technique to the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group Report
- 4 The Invocation Game: The Prelude to Custodial Interrogation
- 5 Invocations for Counsel, the Rulings, and the Courts: A Statistical Analysis of the Corpus
- 6 Police Interrogation Reform in the United States: Paths to Consider
- Appendix: Jurisdictions and Case Counts
- Glossary
- References
- Index
6 - Police Interrogation Reform in the United States: Paths to Consider
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2023
- Police Interrogation, Language, and the Law
- Police Interrogation, Language, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 In the Judges’ Own Words: The Law and Custodial Interrogation in the United States
- 3 Police Interrogation in the United States: From the Reid Technique to the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group Report
- 4 The Invocation Game: The Prelude to Custodial Interrogation
- 5 Invocations for Counsel, the Rulings, and the Courts: A Statistical Analysis of the Corpus
- 6 Police Interrogation Reform in the United States: Paths to Consider
- Appendix: Jurisdictions and Case Counts
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 will explore paths to moving forward with police interrogation reform in the United States, parting from the lessons of other countries that have undertaken reform, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and Canada, while focusing on three key areas: 1) police interrogation techniques, 2) the interview of vulnerable populations, and 3) changes in case law related to the reading of rights, invocation of rights, the use of trickery and deception, as well as the use of confessions to build and prosecute a criminal case. The goal of the chapter is to consider ways in which the issues presented in this book can be revisited to change the current state of police interrogation in the United States. This will require changes across the board: legislative, legal, police interviewing training, and also an acknowledgment of the role of cognitive, cultural, and sociolinguistic factors in police-suspect discursive interactions. A change of perspective on the presence of counsel in the interview room is also explored, looking at other jurisdictions outside of the United States which provide access to counsel to custodial suspects.
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- Police Interrogation, Language, and the LawThe Invocation Game, pp. 136 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023