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PSB Home Elizabeth E. Cauffman
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Temple University
Phone: (949) 824-4075
Office: 3355 Social Ecology II
My research focuses on the development, assessment, and treatment of antisocial behavior and other types of externalizing problems in adolescence. I am particularly interested in applying research on normative and atypical development to issues with legal and social policy implications, and my current work examines adolescent development in the context of juvenile justice policy and practice. My recent work has examined developmental trajectories among delinquent populations, factors associated with female offending, and maturity of judgment as it develops during the course of adolescence (in both delinquent and non-delinquent populations). I have been especially interested in the relation between maturity of judgment and legal standards regarding autonomy, competence, accountability, and amenability to treatment.
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Selected Publications
- Steinberg, L, Blatt-Eisengart, I. & Cauffman, E. (2006). Patterns of competence and adjustment among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful homes: A replication in a sample of serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 47-58.
- Jones, S., Cauffman, E., Miller, J. & Mulvey, E. (2006). Investigating different factor structures of the Psychopathy Checklist : Youth Version: Confirmatory factor analytic findings. Psychological Assessment, 18, 33-48.
- Cauffman, E. & MacIntosh, R. (2006). The measurement validity of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI~2): An assessment of race and gender item bias among juvenile offenders. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 66, 502-521.
- Cauffman, E. & Grisso, T. (2005). Mental health issues among minority offenders in the juvenile justice system. In D. Hawkins and K. Leonard (Eds.), Our children, their children: Confronting race and ethnic differences in American criminal justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Cauffman, E., Scholle, S., Mulvey, E., & Kelleher, K. (2005). Predicting first time involvement in the juvenile justice system among emotionally disturbed youths receiving mental health services. Psychological Services, 2, 28-38.
- Cauffman, E. & Woolard, J. (2005). Crime, competence, and culpability: Adolescent judgment in the justice system. In J. Jacobs and P. Klaczynski (Eds.), The development of judgment and decision making in children and adolescents (pp. 279-301). Chicago, Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
- Cauffman, E., Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A. (2005). Psychological, neuropsychological, and psychophysiological correlates of serious antisocial behavior in adolescence. Criminology, 43, 133-176.
- Mulvey, E., Steinberg, L., Fagan, J., Cauffman, E., (2004). Theory and research on desistance from antisocial activity among adolescent serious offenders. Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2, 213-236.
- Schubert, C., Mulvey, E., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Losoya, S., Hecker, T., Chassin, L. & Knight, G. (2004). Operational lessons from the pathways to desistance project. Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2, 237-255.
- Cauffman, E. (2004). A statewide assessment of mental health symptoms among juvenile offenders in detention. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 430-439.
- Cauffman, E., Piquero, A., Broidy, L., Espelage, D. & Mazerolle, P. (2004). Heterogeneity in the association between social-emotional adjustment profiles and deviant behavior among male and female serious juvenile offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 48, 235-252.
- Grisso, T., Steinberg, L., Woolard, J., Cauffman, E., Scott, E., Graham, S., Lexcen, F., Reppucci, N., & Schwartz, R. (2003). Juveniles' competence to stand trial: A comparison of adolescents' and adults' capacities as trial defendants. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 333-363.
- Mulvey, E. & Cauffman, E. (2001). The inherent limits of predicting school violence. American Psychologist, 56, 797-802.
- Steinberg, L. & Cauffman, E. (2001). Adolescents as adults in court: A developmental perspective on the transfer of juveniles to the criminal court. Society for Research in Child Development Policy Report, 15, 3-13.
- Edens, J., Skeem, J., Cruise, K., & Cauffman, E. (2001). The assessment of juvenile psychopathy and its association with violence: A critical review. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 19, 53-80.
- Cauffman, E. & Steinberg, L. (2000). (Im)maturity of judgment in adolescence: Why adolescents may be less culpable than adults. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 18, 741-760.
- Cauffman, E., Feldman, S., Jensen, L. & Arnett, J. (2000). The (Un)acceptability of violence against peers and dates. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 652-673.
- Steinberg, L. & Cauffman, E. (1999). The elephant in the courtroom: Developmental perspectives on the adjudication of youthful offenders. Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law, 6, 389-417.
- Cauffman, E., Woolard, J., & Reppucci, N. D. (1999). Justice for juveniles: New perspectives on adolescents' competence and culpability. Quinnipiac Law Review, 18, 403-419.
- Cauffman, E., Feldman, S., Waterman, J. & Steiner, H. (1998). Posttraumatic stress disorder among incarcerated females. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, 1209-1216.
- Steinberg, L. & Cauffman, E. (1996). Maturity of judgment in adolescence: Psychosocial factors in adolescent decision making. Law and Human Behavior, 20, 249-272.
- Cauffman, E. & Steinberg, L. (1995). The cognitive and affective influences on adolescent decision-making. Temple Law Review, 68, 1763-1789.
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