...Jennifer L. McArthur; Erin Ford; Christopher J. Lively; Marguerite Ternes Purpose In Canada, police are legally allowed to continue questioning suspects who invoke their right to silence, thereby encouraging the suspects to waive that right. This study aims to examine police responses to suspects...

... The paper is a review of a multi-disciplinary literature base, necessary to understand the problem with the qualified right to silence. Findings The findings suggest that more research work is needed in order to be able to assess the difficulties for a suspect faced with answering questions...