The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2012 May;21(2):101-8. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0094). Epub 2012 Jan 9.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether citizens with language impairment understand legal rights as conveyed in Miranda warnings.
Grisso's Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights (1998) was administered to 34 young adults, half of whom met the diagnostic criteria for specific language impairment (SLI). A correlational analysis of the relationship between language scores and Miranda rights comprehension was conducted, as were tests of differences between individuals with SLI (n = 17) and individuals without SLI.
Language ability was positively correlated with overall performance on the Miranda measure. As a group, individuals with SLI were significantly poorer than their peers with normal language at defining Miranda vocabulary and applying Miranda rights in hypothetical situations. The group with SLI was also marginally less able to paraphrase Miranda sentences.
Language impairment limits comprehension of Miranda warnings. As a result, citizens with language impairment are at risk of being denied their constitutional rights.
本研究旨在确定语言障碍者是否理解米兰达警告中传达的法律权利。
对 34 名年轻人进行了格里索评估理解和欣赏米兰达权利的工具(1998 年)的测试,其中一半符合特定语言障碍(SLI)的诊断标准。对语言分数与米兰达权利理解之间的关系进行了相关性分析,并对 SLI 个体(n=17)与无 SLI 个体之间的差异进行了测试。
语言能力与米兰达测试的整体表现呈正相关。作为一个整体,语言障碍者在定义米兰达词汇和在假设情况下应用米兰达权利方面明显逊于语言正常的同龄人。有 SLI 的组在转述米兰达句子方面的能力也稍差。
语言障碍限制了对米兰达警告的理解。因此,语言障碍者有可能被剥夺宪法权利。