The King County Sheriff's Office Takes a Nod from Science, Updates Its Miranda Warning for Juveniles

"It's a really forward-looking policy by the Sheriff's Office."by Sydney BrownstoneA wing of the King County Juvenile Detention Center.It's always nice—and increasingly rare—when public policy catches up to science. Today, the King County Sheriff's Office did just that when the office updated its language used to warn juveniles of their Miranda rights.Researchers on juvenile development and psychology have long pointed out that juveniles hardly understandtheir rights when officers re