List of Publications

Organized By Topic

Confession and Suspect Decision Making

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)

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.

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.

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.

Smalarz, L., Scherr, K. C., & Kassin, S. M. (2016). Miranda at 50: A psychological analysis. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 455-460.

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.

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

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.