Originally Posted by
RandomBaritone
A specific set of circumstances result from an arrest -- i.e., the act of law enforcement taking a suspect into custody -- the most visible of which is being read your Miranda rights. This is important in many contexts, for example if you're required to answer "Have you ever been arrested?" after the fact. If you were not read your Miranda rights, and you were not booked into custody, you were not arrested.
That is absolutely incorrect. The only time that Miranda rights are mandated is prior to custodial interrogation, not upon arrest.