J. Amber Scherer's research while affiliated with George Mason University and other places
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Publications (2)
Research Summary
Since the RAND Corporation studies on investigations were published, there has been a widely held belief among scholars that police agencies and investigative effort matter little to solving crimes. A few researchers have recently challenged this belief, however, producing results that show that investigative effort does play a rol...
Research Summary
In this article, we provide the most comprehensive narrative review to date of the research evidence base for body‐worn cameras (BWCs). Seventy empirical studies of BWCs were examined covering the impact of cameras on officer behavior, officer perceptions, citizen behavior, citizen perceptions, police investigations, and police org...
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... Notwithstanding, that study highlighted the central role of patrol officers in case processing, reporting that the information victims provide to responding patrol officers is the most important predictor of case clearance. Recent research suggests that investigative processes and resource dedication can improve clearance rates (Cook, Braga, Turchan, & Barao, 2019;Wellford, Lum, Scott, Vovak, & Scherer, 2019). In their systematic analysis, note that homicide clearance rates remain associated with the nature of the offense, however, detective efforts and organizational best practices also contribute. ...
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... Calls to defund and abolish the police reached new levels in the summer of 2020, and though much waned, remain a nationally relevant and politically charged topic (Baranauskas, 2022;Vaughn et al., 2022). Further, body-worn cameras were originally aimed at improving police accountability and reducing use of force (Lum et al., 2016), though the impact of this technology has been uneven (Gaub & White, 2020;Lum et al., 2019). ...
