Academic
Cauffman, E. (May, 2019). The promise of adolescence. Paper symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA
Kemp, E.C., Robertson, E.L., Walker, T.M., Frick, P.J., Ray, J.V., Thornton, L.C., Myers, T.D.W., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (May, 2019). Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Gun Use in a Longitudinal Study of Justice-Involved Youth. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP), Las Vegas, NV.
Simmons, C., Knowles, A., Duell, N., Fine, A., Steinberg, L., Frick, P.J., & Cauffman, E. (March 2019). The Impact of Justice System Involvement on Adolescent Well–Being. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
Knowles, A., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (March 2019). Symposium Chair, Focus on the positives: Examining positive developmental outcomes within at-risk populations. Sexual behavior among justice-involved youth: Links to positive youth development. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Knowles, A., Rowan, Z., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (March 2019). Evading detection during adolescence: The role of criminal capital and psychosocial factors. In Simmons, C., (chair) Crime and its consequences: Examining the juvenile justice pipeline. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Portland, OR.
Simmons, C. & Cauffman, E. (March 2019). Symposium chair: Crime and its consequences: Examining the Juvenile Justice Pipeline. Juveniles Offenders in Solitary Confinement. Paper symposium presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Conference in Portland, OR.
Rowan, Z. (March 2019). Offending Like There is No Tomorrow: The Role of Exposure to Violence in Changing Future Orientation. Paper symposium presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Conference in Portland, OR.
Kan, E., Simmon, C., Donley, S., Simpkins, S., & Cauffman, E. (March 2019). Assessing the Association between Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Criminal Behavior among Justice-Involved Youth. Paper symposium presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Conference in Portland, OR.
Simmons, C., Fine, A., Mahler, A., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2018). The relation between callous-unemotional traits, psychosocial maturity, and delinquent behavior among justice involved youth. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Conference in Memphis, TN.
Cavanagh, C., Dalzell, E., Simmons, C., & Cauffman, E. (2018). CU Traits among Mothers and Juvenile Offenders. Paper symposium presented at the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Conference in Memphis, TN.
Simmons, C., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Bidirectional Effects of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Negative Parenting. Poster at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, Texas.
Cavanagh, C., Fine, A., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Symposium Chair, Police Contact, Procedural Justice, and Delinquency. Legal Socialization and Youth’s Perceived Obligation to Obey the Law. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Dalzell, E., Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Predicting Youth Reoffending by Comparing Mothers’ and Sons’ Reports of Parental Monitoring. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Cavanagh, C. & Cauffman, E. (2017). Symposium Chair, The Family Context and Youth Antisocial Behavior. Changes in the Mother-Son Relationship and Youth Offending Trajectories. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Cavanagh, C. & Cauffman, E. (2017). Family Justice System Attitudes Following a First Arrest. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Seattle, WA.
Beyer, A., Robertson, E.L., Frick, P.J., Myers, T.D.W., Ray, J.V., Thornton, L.C., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E. (2017). Primary and secondary variants of callous-unemotional traits: Relations with type and severity of aggression. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS). Seattle, WA.
Robertson, E.L., Frick. P.J., Ray, J.V., Thornton, L.C., Myers, T.D.W., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Differences in severity, type, and method of assessing violence between primary and secondary variants of CU traits in justice-involved adolescent males. Paper presented at the biennial conference of the Society of Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP). Antwerp, Belgium.
Mahler, A., Rinehart, J., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Sexual Health Behaviors Among Juvenile Delinquents: Social Factors Predicting Condom Use. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Austin, TX.
Fine, A., Mahler, A., Steinberg, L., Frick, P., & Cauffman, E. (2017). The Role of Individual Differences on the Association between Contexts and Adolescent Delinquency. In Cavanagh, C. (Chair) The Family Context and Youth Antisocial Behavior. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Austin, TX.
Donley, S., Fine, A., Simmons, C., Cauffman, E., Pluess, M. (2017). Environmental Sensitivity Among Juvenile Offenders: Do Some Offenders Benefit from a Positive Home Environment More than Others? In Lionetti, F. (Chair) The Highly Sensitive Child Scale: A New Measure of Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Austin, TX.
Fine, A., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Justice System Attitudes, Self-Regulation, and Adolescent Offenders. In Fine, A. (Chair) Perceptions and Attitudes in Juvenile Justice. Paper symposium presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (APLS), Seattle, WA.
Fine, A., Cavanagh, C., Donley, S., Frick, P., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Youths’ Justice System Attitudes, Race, and Recidivism. In Andretta, J. (Chair) Race & Ethnicity in Juvenile Justice. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (APLS), Seattle, WA.
Cauffman. E. Fine, A., Cavanagh, C., Steinberg, L., & Frick, P. (April, 2016). Justice system processing and substance use among first time juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, MD.
Mahler, A., Cauffman, E., Frick, P., & Steinberg, L. (April, 2016). Expectations for future success among adolescent first time offenders. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, MD.
Cavanagh, C. & Cauffman, E. (April, 2016). Mothers’ and sons’ expectations for the future. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, MD.
Kan, E., Elias, H., Donley, S., & Cauffman, E. (March, 2016). Extracurricular activities on probation violation among juvenile first time offenders. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. Atlanta, GA.
Cauffman. E., Fine, A., Cavanagh, C., Donley, S., Frick, P., & Steinberg, L. (March, 2016). The role of peer arrests on the development of youths’ attitudes towards the justice system. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. Atlanta, GA.
Bechtold, J. & Cauffman, E. (March, 2015). Under the radar or under arrest: How does contact with the justice system affect subsequent arrest? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. San Diego, CA.
Cauffman, E., Bechtold, J., Frick, P. & Steinberg, L. (March, 2015). Crossroads: Formal vs. informal processing of juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. San Diego, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, October). Arrested development: Adolescent development & juvenile justice. UC Consortium on Social Sciences and the Law. University of California, Irvine, CA.
Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2015, October). The impact of juvenile justice processing on the change in the parent-adolescent relationship over time. Poster session presented at the UC Consortium on Social Science and Law, Irvine, CA.
Mahler, A., Cauffman, E., Frick, P., & Steinberg, L. (2015, October). Longitudinal associations between expectations for future success and self-reported offending during adolescence. Poster presented at the University of California Conference on Social Science and Law.
Simmons, C., Cavanagh, C., Cauffman, E., Frick, P.J., & Steinberg, L. (2015, October). Father-child relationship quality and adolescent offending. Poster session presented at the UC Consortium on Social Science and Law, Irvine, CA.
Thornton, L.C., Frick, P.J., Thornton, L.C., Ray, J.V., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E (2015, June). Sex, drugs, and callous-unemotional traits in a sample of juvenile justice –involved males. Poster presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Chicago,IL.
Wall, T.D., Frick, P.J., Fanti, K.A., & Kimonis, E.R (2015, June). Factors differentiating callous-unemotional youth with and without conduct problems. Poster presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Chicago,IL.
Bechtold, J. & Cauffman, E. (2015, March). Under the radar or under arrest: How does contact with the justice system affect subsequent arrest? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. San Diego, CA.
Cauffman, E., Bechtold, J., Frick, P. & Steinberg, L. (2015, March). Crossroads: Formal vs. informal processing of juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. San Diego, CA.
Fine, A., & Cauffman, E. (2015, March). Schools, Impulsivity, and Implications for Adolescent Offending. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Fine, A., Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (2015, March). Impulsivity Assessments and Implications for Predicting Adolescent Offending. In Monahan, K. (Chair) Development as Process: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Risk Taking During Adolescence. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Cavanagh, C., & Cauffman, E. (2014, November). Parental knowledge of the juvenile justice system and youth probationary success. Poster session presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Special Topics Meeting on Parenting-at-Risk, San Diego, CA.
Cauffman, E., Donley, S., Bechtold, J., & Steinberg, L. (2014, November). Sensation seeking among at-risk adolescents: Findings from the Crossroads study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Cavanagh, C. & Cauffman, E. (2014, March). Undocumented families in the juvenile justice system. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.
Donley, S;., Bechtold, J., & Cauffman, E. (2014, March). Pathways to sensation seeking among first-time juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. New Orleans, LA.
Ray, J., Frick, P., Thornton, L., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2014, March). An item response theory analysis of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional traits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. New Orleans, LA.
Thomas, A., Cauffman, E., Steinberg, L. & Frick, P. (2014, March). “I didn’t do It”: Examining first-time juvenile offenders’ false guilty pleas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. New Orleans, LA.
Thornton, L.C., Ray, J.V., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2014, March). Neighborhood disorganization moderates the association between self-reported offending and two dispositional risk factors: Callous-unemotional traits and impulse control. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. New Orleans, LA.
Wall, T., Frick, P., Thornton, L., Ray, J., Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (2014, March). Impulse control moderates the association between CU traits and delinquency and aggression in a sample of first-time offending boys. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. New Orleans, LA.
Thornton, L.C., Ray, J.V., Frick, P.J., Kahn, R.E., Cauffman, R., & Steinberg, L. (2013, June). The role of callous-unemotional traits in the processing decision for first-time offenders. Poster presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Washington, DC.
Cavanagh, C., Cauffman, E., Frick, P., & Steinberg, L. (2013, April). Symposium Chair, Family Matters: Parents, Youth, and Antisocial Behavior. Mothers’ and sons’ attitudes toward the justice system and implications for delinquency. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Cavanagh, C., Cauffman, E., Frick, P., & Steinberg, L. (2013, March). Like mother like son: attitudes and antisocial behaviors. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Portland, OR.
Ray, J., Frick, P., Thornton, L. Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (March, 2013). Callous-unemotional traits distinguish subgroups of offenders among a sample of justice involved males: A latent class analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. Portland, Oregon.
Thornton, L., Frick, P., Ray, J., Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (March, 2013). Adolescents with callous unemotional traits and their roles in group crime and non-detected offending. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology – Law Society. Portland, Oregon.
Community
Cauffman, E. (September, 2019). Arrested development: Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited Address to the National Council of State Legislators, Tahoe, CA.
Cauffman, E. (August, 2019). The promise of adolescence. Invited Address to the UC Consortium on Adolescence, Los Angeles, CA.
Cauffman, E. (June, 2019). Arrested development: Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited Address to the Kentucky Legal Council, Owensboro, KY.
Cauffman, E. (June, 2019). The promise of adolescence. Invited Address to the Great City Schools Organization, San Diego, CA.
Cauffman, E. (May, 2019). Arrested development: Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited Address to the Promising Youth Conference, Snowbird, UT.
Cauffman, E. (May, 2019). Arrested development: Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited Address to the Santa Fe Boys Educational Foundation, Santa Fe, NM.
Cauffman, E. (February, 2019). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Training Presentation to the Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, CA.
Cauffman, E. (May, 2018). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Keynote address to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program at the University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA.
Cauffman, E. (November, 2017). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited address to YouthVillages, Memphis, TN.
Cauffman, E. (October, 2017). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Training Presentation to the Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, CA
Cauffman, E. (June, 2017). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Invited Address to the National Council of State Legislators, Newport Beach, CA
Cauffman, E. (May, 2017). What was she thinking?: The adolescent brain, incentives, and implications for program development. Keynote to the World Bank. Washington, DC.
Cauffman, E. (April, 2017). Current trends in justice system policy and practice. Invited Address to the MacArthur Foundation at the Boundary of Adolescence and Adulthood Conference, Washington, DC.
Cauffman, E. (April, 2017). Science to guide policy and practice. Invited Address to the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform LEAD Conference, Georgetown University, Georgetown, DC.
Cauffman, E. (February, 2017). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Training Presentation to the Center for Judicial Education and Research, Judicial Council of California, Sacramento, CA
Cauffman, E. (September, 2016). Hard lives, bright futures: Why brain science matters when working with vulnerable older youth. Keynote Address to the John T. Gorman Foundation. Portland, ME.
Cauffman, E. (June, 2016). Adolescent development & juvenile justice. Invited Address to the Center on Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.
Cauffman, E. (May, 2016). California corrections: Reform, recidivism, and crime. Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies, University of California, Riverside, CA.
Cauffman, E. (April, 2016). Inside the adolescent brain: Connecting providers with researchers. Keynote address to the Sacramento County Probation Department, Sacramento, CA.
Cauffman, E. (April, 2016). Adolescent brain science & juvenile justice. Keynote address to the Reclaiming Futures Conference, Miami, FL.
Cauffman, E. (March, 2016). Developmental psychology goes to court. Presentation to the Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, CA.
Cauffman, E. (February, 2016). Arrested development: Adolescent development & juvenile justice. Presentation to Anne E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.
Cauffman, E. (February, 2016). Raising the age for juvenile justice. Presentation to Connecticut State Legislatures Meeting, Hartford, CT.
Cauffman. E. (February, 2016). A developmental perspective: “What works” to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for youth. MacArthur Foundation 50-State Forum, Austin, TX.
Cauffman, E. (January, 2016). Juvenile court basics training for educators. Orange County Department of Education, Santa Ana, CA.
Cauffman, E. (January, 2016). Applying adolescent development to juvenile justice settings. Training for CASA, Santa Ana, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, December). The Rise of Trauma-Informed Approaches. 10th Annual Models for Change National Conference. Washington, DC.
Cauffman, E. (2015, December). A tale of two systems: Education and juvenile justice. Annual Meeting on Conditions of Children in Orange County. Irvine, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, December). Arrested development: Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Beyond the Bench – State of California, Anaheim, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, November). “What works” to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for youth. Juvenile Justice 50-state Forum, Austin, TX.
Cauffman, E. (2015, November). Who are our youth?: Acting Out. Orange County Juvenile Justice Summit. Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Center, Tustin, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, September). Youth and the system. Orange County Alliance, Santa Ana, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, September). Adolescent brain development and the juvenile justice system. Sierra Health Foundation, Sacramento, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, September). Brain science and kids: New policy approaches. National Council of State Legislators Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2015, April). Adolescent development and system-involved youth. Orange County Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care, Orange County, CA.
Cauffman, E. (2014, May). Not guilty by reason of adolescence. Presentation at the UCI CEO Roundtable. Napa, CA.
Cauffman. E. (2014, April). Arrested development. Presentation at the Los Angeles Public Defenders Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
Cavanagh, C. & Cauffman, E. (2013, September). Youth justice system legitimacy attitude development and juvenile recidivism. Poster presented at the New Beginnings Partnership Conference for Children and Families in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA