Did he understand his rights? Assessing the comprehensibility of police cautions in New Zealand

IF 0.5 4区 社会学 Q4 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY International Journal of Speech Language and the Law Pub Date : 2018-08-05 DOI:10.1558/IJSLL.32748
Bronwen Innes, R. Erlam
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The authors' experience in conducting English language proficiency tests for second language speakers of English facing police charges has shown that some have limited understanding of their legal rights. The research study reported here comments on the complexity of the rights information presented by police to a range of participants. It investigates comprehension of that information by performing listening and reading comprehension tests with the participants. The results indicate a number of difficulties and a significant difference in the scores of first and second language speakers of English. This article outlines the tests performed and the results for both first and second language speakers, as well as discussing the complexity of the questions found difficult by participants. The results reinforce the need to ask whether people are being given their rights if they cannot understand them.
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他了解自己的权利吗?评估新西兰警察警告的可理解性
提交人为面临警方指控的英语第二语言使用者进行英语能力测试的经验表明,一些人对自己的法律权利了解有限。本研究报告对警方向一系列参与者提供的权利信息的复杂性发表了评论。它通过对参与者进行听力和阅读理解测试来调查对这些信息的理解。研究结果表明,第一语言使用者和第二语言使用者在英语成绩上存在许多困难和显著差异。本文概述了第一语言和第二语言使用者的测试和结果,并讨论了参与者发现困难的问题的复杂性。研究结果强化了这样一个需求:如果人们不能理解他们的权利,他们是否被赋予了权利。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on any aspect of forensic language, speech and audio analysis. Founded in 1994 as Forensic Linguistics, the journal changed to its present title in 2003 to reflect a broadening of academic coverage and readership. Subscription to the journal is included in membership of the International Association of Forensic Linguists and the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics.
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