Parents' Attitudes Toward Juveniles' Rights in Interrogation

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Does requiring the presence of parents at pretrial interrogations of juveniles ensure adequate protection of juveniles' rights to silence and to retain legal counsel? The study assessed the attitudes of parents regarding nurturance and self-determination rights for juveniles—including rights which are relevant to interrogation—for juveniles of two age groups and of both delinquent and nondelinquent status. Nurturance rights for juveniles in legal-judicial contexts were strongly endorsed, but most parents did not believe that juvenile suspects should be allowed to withhold information from police. Parents were negatively disposed to allowing juveniles to decide regarding waiver or assertion of rights to silence and to retain legal counsel. The procedure also included a hypothetical situation examining parents' advice to juveniles and their rationale regarding waiver of rights. The results question parents' abilities to provide meaningful protections for juveniles in interrogation.

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