The downstream effects of body-worn cameras: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Petersen, YF Lu - Justice Quarterly, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
By virtue of their ability to capture evidence of criminal behavior, body-worn cameras
(BWCs) have been associated with enhanced investigations and prosecutions. To date …

Expanded criminal defense lawyering

R Wright, J Roberts - Annual Review of Criminology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This review collects and critiques the academic literature on criminal defense lawyering, with
an emphasis on empirical work. Research on criminal defense attorneys in the United States …

Guilt status influences plea outcomes beyond the shadow-of-the-trial in an interactive simulation of legal procedures.

MM Wilford, KT Sutherland, JE Gonzales… - Law and Human …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: More than 95% of criminal convictions in the United States are secured by guilty
pleas. Our current understanding of the “deals” that lead so many to plead guilty is often tied …

Estimator variables can matter even for high-confidence lineup identifications made under pristine conditions.

AM Giacona, JM Lampinen… - Law and Human …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: According to the pristine conditions hypothesis, high-confidence identifications
will be “remarkably accurate” when identification procedures (ie, system variables, eg, fair …

Where is the evidence? Comparing the effects of evidence strength and demographic characteristics on plea discounts

K Petersen, AD Redlich, DB Wilson - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2023 - Springer
Objectives It is well established that defendants who plead guilty receive reduced sentences
compared to the likely outcome if convicted at trial. Prominent theories of plea bargaining …

The defense lawyer's plea recommendation: Disentangling the influences of perceived guilt and probability of conviction.

J Hellgren, SM Kassin - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
In light of theory and research suggesting that plea decisions are made in the “Shadow of
Trial,” we examined the extent to which defense attorneys' plea recommendations are driven …

Innocence in the shadow of COVID-19: Plea decision making during a pandemic.

MM Wilford, DM Zimmerman, S Yan… - Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Over 95% of criminal convictions in the United States are the result of guilty pleas.
Consequently, it is critical that we ensure the process of pleading guilty is as free of coercion …

Suspect race affects defense attorney evaluations of preidentification evidence.

J Katzman, MB Kovera - Law and Human Behavior, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: When an officer places a suspect in an identification procedure and the witness
identifies the suspect, it falls on attorneys to make decisions that reflect the strength of that …

Defense Decision-Making and Practices

KS Henderson, JG Lee - Routledge Handbook of Evidence-Based …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Defense attorneys act as defendants' advocates in the court, and ultimately their decision-
making is important when considering defendants' perception of their experience with and …

[Retracted] The Connotation and Construction Path of the Principle of Good Faith from the Perspective of Civil and Commercial Law

L Ma - Advances in Multimedia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In order to explore the connotation and construction path of the principle of good faith from
the perspective of civil and commercial law, this paper combines intelligent algorithms to …