Dr. Baker's Research
Dr. Baker鈥檚 research focuses on jurors鈥� perceptions of vulnerable populations within the criminal legal system. Her recent work focuses on decision-making in cases involving autistic defendants, child sexual abuse victims, and sex trafficking victims.
Publications:
Baker, K., Thomaidou, M. A., Berryessa, C. M., & Cantone, J. A. (accepted). Autistic juvenile defendants: How defendant race and offense type affect juror decisions. Law and Human Behavior.
Perez, O. C.,听Todorovic, K.,听& London, K. (2024). Children鈥檚 responses to 鈥淒o you remember鈥︹�� questions about their memory.听Applied Cognitive Psychology,听38(6), 1-18.听
Vincent, G. M., Drawbridge, D. C., Lawson, S. E.,听Todorovic, K.,听& Perrault. R.听(2024).听Sustainability of evidence-based practices: Risk-need-responsivity in juvenile probation 7-years later.听Criminal Justice and Behavior,听51(5), 643-666.听
Toglia, M. P., Berman, G. L.,听Todorovic, K.,听Rumschik, D. M., &听Thibodeau, S. (2022).听Lessons learned from wrongful convictions: Implications for judicial reforms and innocence research.听In B.H. Bornstein, M.K. Miller, & D. DeMatteo (Eds.), Advances in psychology and law (Vol. 6) (pp. 111-144). Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-13733-4_5听[]
Todorovic, K., O鈥橪eary, E., Ward, K., Devarasetty, P., Lee, S. J., Knox, M., & Andari, E. (2022). Prevalence, increase, and predictors of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, using modern machine learning approaches.听Frontiers of Psychiatry, 1725.听
Miller, Q. C.,听Todorovic, K.,听Perez, C. O., Capparelli, A. L., & London, K. (2021). Laypeople鈥檚 knowledge and misconceptions of sex trafficking influenced by training format.听Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-25.听
Drawbridge, D. C.,听Todorovic, K.,听Winters, G. M., & Vincent, G. M. (2019). Implementation of risk-need-responsivity principles into probation case planning.听Law and Human Behavior, 43(5), 455-467.
Recent Presentations:
Petty, T. &听Baker, K.听(2024, October).听Participant gender and trafficking myth endorsement in child sex trafficking cases.听Paper presented at the 95th annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Evansville, IN, United States.
Fritchley, M. K.,听Baker, K., Cantone, J. A., Berryessa C. M., & Thomaidou, M. A. (2024, October).听Descriptions of defendants with autism varying offense type and race.听Poster presented at the 95th annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Evansville, IN, United States.
Todorovic, K.,听Berryessa C. M., & Cantone, J. A. (2024, April).听Layperson鈥� credibility judgements of autistic defendants varying race and crime. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, United States.
Klassen, N., Harvey, M. B., &听Todorovic, K.听(2024, March).听The impact of suggestion from a trusted adult on child credibility ratings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Petty, T. &听Todorovic, K.听(2024, March).听The impact of youth race, vulnerability, and prior arrest history in child sex trafficking decisions. Paper presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States.