psychology of policing and investigations
type: Concept
narrower: competency to confess

criminal competencies
type: Concept
narrower: competency to confess

forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
type: Concept
narrower: competency to confess

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: competency to confess

competency to confess
type: Concept
definition: Competency to confess refers to a suspect's ability to make a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of the Miranda warnings at the time of police questioning. Confessions that are given after a suspect waives his or her Miranda rights are sometimes challenged on the basis that the suspect was not competent to confess, meaning that the suspect was not capable of making a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of the Miranda rights and therefore could not have understood, appreciated, and willingly waived those rights. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Competency to Confess]
broader: psychology of policing and investigations
broader: forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
broader: criminal competencies