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ERIC Number: EJ387226
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Teaching Miranda Rights to Students Who Have Mental Retardation.
Sears, Jim; And Others
Teaching Exceptional Children, v21 n3 p38-42 Spr 1989
Criminal suspects who are mentally retarded frequently are unable to understand or take advantage of their constitutional rights. Students should receive instruction concerning their rights. Through mock arrest situations, they should be taught to request an attorney, as a cued response reaction to being taken into custody. (JDD)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminology, Cues, Due Process, Law Enforcement, Mental Retardation, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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