Miranda's Waning Protections: Police Interrogation Practices after Dickerson

Did the Supreme Court's upholding of Mirandain 2000 adversely impact law enforcement, as conservatives have complained, or was it a reaffirmation of individual rights? Welsh S. White looks at both sides of the issue, emphasizing that Mirandarepresents just one stage in the Court's ongoing struggle to accommodate a fundamental conflict between law enforcement and civil liberties, and assessing whether the Court's present decisions (including Miranda) strike an appropriate balance between promoting law enforcement's interest in obtaining reliable evidence and the individual's interest in being protected from overreaching police practices. Welsh S. White is Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is best known for his work on capital punishment and has published and lectured on the death penalty for the past twenty years.Welsh S. White is the author of 'Miranda's Waning Protections: Police Interrogation Practices after Dickerson', published 2003 under ISBN 9780472089413 and ISBN 0472089412.