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Advancing legal literacy: The effect of listenability on the comprehension of interrogation rights

Author(s) -

Snook Brent,

Luther Kirk,

Eastwood Joseph,

Collins Ryan,

Evans Sarah

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

legal and criminological psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2044-8333

pISSN - 1355-3259

DOI - 10.1111/lcrp.12053

Subject(s) - interrogation , comprehension , recall , psychology , literacy , social psychology , cognitive psychology , law , political science , pedagogy , computer science , programming language

Purpose To examine the effect of listenability features on the comprehension of interrogation rights. Method In Experiment 1, students ( N = 76) underwent a mock interrogation where one of two police cautions (listenable caution vs. standard caution) was administered and students were asked to explain the caution in their own words. Experiment 2 ( N = 80) extended Experiment 1 by identifying the individual and additive effects of the listenability features on recall of their interrogation rights. Results The results of Experiment 1 showed that the caution containing listenability features produced higher levels of recall than a standard caution. Results of Experiment 2 showed that repeating and organizing interrogation rights led to the greatest number of legal rights being comprehended. Conclusions Listenability can be used as a tool to increase legal literacy.

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