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Real Interrogation: What Happens When Cops Question Kids

Professor Barry Feld
February 19, 2016
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Psychology Building, Room 035

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Add to Calendar 2016-02-19 11:30:00 2016-02-19 13:00:00 Real Interrogation: What Happens When Cops Question Kids Real Interrogation:  What Happens When Cops Question Kids by Professor Barry FeldThe CJRC is exciting to present an outstanding scholar in the area of juvenile justice.  Professor Barry Feld from the University of Minnesota Law School will discuss juvenile interrogations.  Here is a summary of his presentation:“Although the Supreme Court repeatedly cautioned that youthfulness adversely affects juveniles’ ability to exercise Miranda rights or make voluntary statements, it endorsed the adult waiver standard – “knowing, intelligent, and voluntary” – to gauge juveniles’ Miranda waivers. By contrast, developmental psychologists question whether young people understand or possess the competence necessary to exercise Miranda rights.  This presentation draws on analyses of more than three hundred interrogations of sixteen- and seventeen-year old youths charged with felony offenses.  It reports how police secure Miranda waivers, the tactics they use to elicit information, and the evidence youths provide.  The findings bear on three policy issues – procedural safeguards for youths, time limits for interrogations, and mandatory recording of interrogations.”Following Professor Feld's presentation, topical commentary will be provided by Assistant Director Linda Janes, Ohio Department of Youth Services and Dr. Ryan King, Associate Professor of Sociology - Ohio State University.Professor Barry C. Feld is a one of the nation’s leading scholars in juvenile justice. He currently teaches criminal procedure, juvenile law, torts. In 1990, Professor Feld was named the Law School’s first Centennial Professor of Law. He was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law for 1981-82.   In 1972, he joined the University of Minnesota Law School faculty. In 1974 and 1978, he served as Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Criminal and Juvenile Divisions.  In 1987, Professor Feld was a visiting scholar at the National Center for Juvenile Justice sponsored by the United States Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He was a Reporter for the American Bar Association-Institute of Judicial Administration Juvenile Justice Standards Project. He has served as a member of the Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Committee on Serious Juvenile Offenders, on the Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Task Force, the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Legal Representation of Juveniles, the Minnesota Juvenile Justice Task Force, as Co-Reporter for the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Juvenile Court Rules Advisory Committee, and the American Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Due Process Advisory Board. Professor Feld is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.In 2008, he received the American Bar Association’s Livingston Hall Award which recognizes “lawyers practicing in the juvenile delinquency field who have demonstrated a high degree of skill, commitment, and professionalism in representing their young clients.”In addition to teaching several times at Uppsala University, Sweden, he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, and the Netherlands Institute for Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, Netherlands.  Psychology Building, Room 035 Criminal Justice Research Center cjrc@osu.edu America/New_York public

Real Interrogation:  What Happens When Cops Question Kids by Professor Barry Feld

The CJRC is exciting to present an outstanding scholar in the area of juvenile justice.  Professor Barry Feld from the University of Minnesota Law School will discuss juvenile interrogations.  Here is a summary of his presentation:

“Although the Supreme Court repeatedly cautioned that youthfulness adversely affects juveniles’ ability to exercise Miranda rights or make voluntary statements, it endorsed the adult waiver standard – “knowing, intelligent, and voluntary” – to gauge juveniles’ Miranda waivers. By contrast, developmental psychologists question whether young people understand or possess the competence necessary to exercise Miranda rights.  This presentation draws on analyses of more than three hundred interrogations of sixteen- and seventeen-year old youths charged with felony offenses.  It reports how police secure Miranda waivers, the tactics they use to elicit information, and the evidence youths provide.  The findings bear on three policy issues – procedural safeguards for youths, time limits for interrogations, and mandatory recording of interrogations.”

Following Professor Feld's presentation, topical commentary will be provided by Assistant Director Linda Janes, Ohio Department of Youth Services and Dr. Ryan King, Associate Professor of Sociology - Ohio State University.

Professor Barry C. Feld is a one of the nation’s leading scholars in juvenile justice. He currently teaches criminal procedure, juvenile law, torts. In 1990, Professor Feld was named the Law School’s first Centennial Professor of Law. He was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law for 1981-82.   In 1972, he joined the University of Minnesota Law School faculty. In 1974 and 1978, he served as Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Criminal and Juvenile Divisions.  In 1987, Professor Feld was a visiting scholar at the National Center for Juvenile Justice sponsored by the United States Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He was a Reporter for the American Bar Association-Institute of Judicial Administration Juvenile Justice Standards Project. He has served as a member of the Minnesota Department of Corrections Special Committee on Serious Juvenile Offenders, on the Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Task Force, the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Legal Representation of Juveniles, the Minnesota Juvenile Justice Task Force, as Co-Reporter for the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Juvenile Court Rules Advisory Committee, and the American Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Due Process Advisory Board. Professor Feld is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.

In 2008, he received the American Bar Association’s Livingston Hall Award which recognizes “lawyers practicing in the juvenile delinquency field who have demonstrated a high degree of skill, commitment, and professionalism in representing their young clients.”

In addition to teaching several times at Uppsala University, Sweden, he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, and the Netherlands Institute for Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, Netherlands.