List of Publications
Organized By Topic
Confession and Suspect Decision Making
Kassin, S.M., Cleary, H., Gudjonsson, G., Leo, R., Meissner, C., Redlich, A., & Scherr, K.C. (2025). Police-induced confessions 2.0: Risk factors and recommendations. Law and Human Behavior, 49, 7-54. (Scientific Review Paper endorsed by the American Psychology-Law Society)
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Catlin, M., Bettens, T., Redlich, A.D., & Scherr, K.C. (2024). Lived experiences of bias in compensation and reintegration associated with false admissions of guilt. Law and Human Behavior, 48, 486-502.
Madon, S., Scherr, K. C., Ditchfield, R. (in press). The psychological causes of criminal confessions. In R. Hollander-Blumoff (Ed.), Research Handbook in Law and Psychology. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Elgar.
Scherr, K.C., & Normile, C.J. (2022). False confessions predict a delay between release from incarceration and official exoneration. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 67-80. (Recipient of APA's Article Spotlight)
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Scherr, K. C., Redlich, A. D., & Kassin, S. M. (2020). Cumulative disadvantage: A psychological framework for understanding how innocence can lead to confession, wrongful conviction, and beyond. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 353–383.
Scherr, K.C., Normile, C.J., Luna, S., Redlich, A.D., Lawrence, M., & Catlin, M. (2020). False admissions of guilt associated with wrongful convictions undermine people’s perceptions of exonerees. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26, 233-244.
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Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2020). Juror perceptions of intoxicated suspects’ interrogation-related behaviors. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 222–246.
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Kassin, S. M., Scherr, K. C., & Alceste, F. (2020). The right to remain silent: Realities and illusions. The Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology.
Normile, C. J. & Scherr, K. C. (2018). Physiologic reactivity, police tactics, and resisting confession: Individuals' unique experiences during interrogations. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 497-506.
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2018). A survey of potential jurors' perceptions of interrogations and confessions. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24, 430-448.
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., Bierstetel, S. J., Franks, A. S., & Hawkins, I (2018). Knowingly but naively: The overpowering influence of innocence on interrogation rights decision-making. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 26-36.
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Smalarz, L., Scherr, K. C., & Kassin, S. M. (2016). Miranda at 50: A psychological analysis. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 455-460.
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Scherr, K. C., Alberts, K. A., Franks, A. S., & Hawkins, I. (2016). Overcoming innocents’ naiveté: Pre-interrogation decision-making among innocent suspects. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 34, 564-579.
Scherr, K. C., Ashby, J., & Agauas, S, J. (2016). The text matters: Eye movements reflect the cognitive processing of interrogation rights. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 234-241.
Scherr, K. C., & Franks, A. S. (2015). The world is not fair: An examination of innocent and guilty suspects' waiver decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 142-151.
Scherr, K. C., Miller, J. C., Kassin, S. M. (2014). "Midnight Confessions": The effect of chronotype asynchrony on admissions of wrongdoing. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36, 321-328.
Scherr, K. C. & Madon, S. (2013). "Go Ahead and Sign": An experimental examination of Miranda waivers and comprehension". Law and Human Behavior, 37, 208-218.
Guyll, M., Madon, S., Yang, Y., Lannin, D., Scherr, K. C., & Greathouse, S. (2013). Innocence and resisting confession during interrogation: Effects on physiological activity. Law and Human Behavior, 37, 366-375
Madon, S., Yang, Y., Smalarz, L., Guyll, M., & Scherr, K. C. (2013). How factors present during the immediate interrogation situation produce short-sighted confession decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 37, 60-74.
Scherr, K. C., & Madon, S (2012). You have the right to understand: The deleterious effect of stress on Miranda comprehension. Law and Human Behavior, 36, 275-282.
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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Scherr, K. C., Greathouse, S., & Wells, G. L. (2012). Temporal discounting: The differential effect of proximal and distal consequences on confession decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 36, 13-20.
Wrongful Conviction and Exoneration
Guarnera, L., Perillo, J.T., & Scherr, K.C. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on bias in the justice and legal systems: Cumulative disadvantage as a framework for understanding. Law and Human Behavior, 48, 329-337.
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Kassin, S.M., Cleary, H., Gudjonsson, G., Leo, R., Meissner, C., Redlich, A., & Scherr, K.C. (2025). Police-induced confessions 2.0: Risk factors and recommendations. Law and Human Behavior, 49, 7-54. (Scientific Review Paper endorsed by the American Psychology-Law Society)
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Catlin, M., Bettens, T., Redlich, A.D., & Scherr, K.C. (2024). Lived experiences of bias in compensation and reintegration associated with false admissions of guilt. Law and Human Behavior, 48, 486-502.
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Scherr, K.C., & Normile, C.J. (2022). False confessions predict a delay between release from incarceration and official exoneration. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 67-80. (Recipient of APA's Article Spotlight)
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Scherr, K.C., Redlich, A.D, & Kassin, S.M. (2020). Cumulative disadvantage: A psychological framework for understanding how innocence can lead to confession, wrongful conviction, and beyond. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 353-383.
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Scherr, K.C., Normile, C.J., Luna, S., Redlich, A.D., Lawrence, M., & Catlin, M. (2020). False admissions of guilt associated with wrongful convictions undermine people’s perceptions of exonerees. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.
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Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., & Putney, H. (2018). Perpetually stigmatized: False
confessions prompt underlying mechanisms that motivate negative perceptions of exonerees. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24, 341-352.
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., & Sarmiento, C. M. (2017). An experimental test of persevering culpability judgments on people's willingness to support reintegration services for exonerees. Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Forensic Evidence Gathering and Analysis
Guarnera, L., Perillo, J.T., & Scherr, K.C. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on bias in the justice and legal systems: Cumulative disadvantage as a framework for understanding. Law and Human Behavior, 48, 329-337.
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Guyll, M., Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., & Munoz, J. (2023). First steps in the path from innocence to conviction: Phenomenology of innocence, police stops, and expectancies. In D. DeMatteo & K.C. Scherr (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of psychology and law. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Catlin, M., Piggott, D., Scherr, K. C., & Vallano, J.P. (2023). Schematic expectations influence mock jurors' sexual violence case recognition. Applied Cognitive Psychology 37, 558-568.
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Dror, I.E., Scherr, K.C., Mohammed, L.A., MacLean, C.L., & Cunningham, L. (2021). Biasability and reliability of expert forensic document examiners. Forensic Science International, 318, 110610.
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Scherr, K.C. and Dror, I. E. (2021).Ingroup biases of forensic experts: perceptions of wrongful convictions versus exonerations. Psychology, Crime and Law, 21, 89-104.
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Scherr, K.C., Redlich, A.D, & Kassin, S.M. (2020). Cumulative disadvantage: A psychological framework for understanding how innocence can lead to confession, wrongful conviction, and beyond. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 353-383.
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Hawkins, I., & Scherr, K. C. (2016). Engaging the CSI effect: The influences of experience-taking, type of evidence, and viewing frequency on juror decision-making. Journal of Criminal Justice, 49, 45-52.
Expectancy Effects, Stereotypes, and Prejudice
Catlin, M., Piggott, D., Scherr, K. C., & Vallano, J.P. (2023). Schematic expectations influence mock jurors' sexual violence case recognition. Applied Cognitive Psychology 37, 558-568.
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Fleming, A.C., O'Brien, K., Steele, S., & Scherr, (2022). An investigation of the nature and consequences of counterproductive work behavior. Human Performance, 35, 178-192.
Catlin, M., & Scherr, K. C.(2022). The deleterious effect of Victimization on just-world beliefs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, NP16013-NP16036.
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Catlin, M., Scherr, K. C., Barlett, C., Jacobs, E., & Normile, C. J. (2019). Bounded
blame: The effects of victim-perpetrator relationship and victimization history on judgments of sexual violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, NP8800-NP8823.
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Franks, A. S. & Scherr, K. C. (2019). Economic issues are moral issues: The moral
underpinnings of the desire to reduce wealth inequality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 553-562.
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Franks, A. S., Scherr, K. C., & Gibson, B. (2019). Godless by association: Deficits in trust mediate anti-atheist stigma-by-association. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25, 303-316.
Madon, S., Jussim, L., Guyll, M., Nofziger, H., Salib, E., Willard, J., & Scherr, K. C. (2018). The cumulative self-fulfilling effect of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 825-844.
Franks, A. S., & Scherr, K. C. (2017). Analytic thinking reduces anti-atheist bias in voting intentions. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 27, 129-140.
Reed, O., Franks, A. S., & Scherr, K. C. (2015). Are perceptions of transgender individuals affected by mental illness stigma? A moderated mediation analysis of anti-transgender prejudice in hiring recommendations. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2, 463-469.
Franks, A. S., & Scherr, K. C. (2015). Using moral foundations to predict voting behavior: Regression analyses from the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 15, 213-232.
Franks, A. S., & Scherr, K. C. (2014). A sociofunctional approach to prejudice at the polls: Are atheists more politically disadvantaged than gays and Blacks? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44, 681-691.
Madon, S., Scherr, K. C., Guyll, M., Willard, J., Spoth, R. & Vogel, D. (2013). The role of the self-fulfilling prophecy in young adolescents' responsiveness to a substance use prevention program. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 1784-1798.
Willard, J., Madon, S., Guyll, M., Scherr, K. C., & Spoth, R. (2012). The accumulation of shared expectations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 497-508.
Madon, S., Willard, J., Guyll, M., & Scherr, K. C. (2011). Self-fulfilling prophecies: Mechanisms, power, and links to social problems. Social and Personality Compass, 8, 578-590.
Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., Guyll, M., Willard, J., & Spoth, R (2011). Self-verification
as a mediator of mothers’ self-fulfilling effects on children’s educational
attainment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 587-600.
Guyll, M., Madon, S., Prieto, L., & Scherr, K. C. (2010). The potential roles of self-
fulfilling prophecies, stigma consciousness, and stereotype threat in linking Latino/a ethnicity and educational outcomes. Journal of Social Issues, 66, 113-130.
Madon, S., Guyll, M., Buller, A.A., Scherr, K.C., Willard, J., Spoth, D. (2008). The
mediation of mothers’ self-fulfilling effects on their children’s alcohol use: self-verification, informational conformity, and modeling processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 369-384.
Willard, J., Madon, S., Buller, A., & Scherr, K. C. (2008). Self-fulfilling prophecy.
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
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Madon, S., Willard, J., Buller, A. A, & Scherr, K. C. (2007). Self-fulfilling prophecies. In Darity, William A., Jr. (2nd Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (pp. 414-415). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
Scherr, K. C. (2007). The end of the end of ideology. Association for Psychological Science Observer, 20.