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Articles and Chapters.

Publications are listed by year. If you cannot access an article, please reach out to Dr. Cortney Simmons (cortney.simmons@asu.edu) for a copy. 

Peer-Reviewed

 

  1. Simmons, C., Cavanagh, C., & Krupa, J. (accepted). Integrating developmental and anti-racist perspectives into juvenile legal research. Developmental Review.

  2. Simmons, C., & Cavanagh, C. (2026). Adolescent Development, Youth Violence, and Policy Options for a Developmentally Informed Legal System. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322261470696

  3. Hill, R., Pomerantz, A., & Simmons, C. (2026). Perceived Treatment Effectiveness as a Predictor of Public Support for Coercive Psychiatric Care. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20260089

  4. Hill, R. T. J., Frick, P. J., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., & Simmons, C. (2026). Behavioral health trajectories and rearrest outcomes among system-involved male youth. Development and psychopathology, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101229

  5. Smith, C.D., Simmons, C., Rodgers, E.L., & Cauffman, E. (2025). Examining differential influences of individual and environmental risk factors on the thrill of violent and nonviolent crime. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-025-00276-7

  6. Simmons, C., Randolph, I., Sbeglia, C., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2025). Differential associations between legal system contact and internalizing symptoms among Latino, Black, and White youth. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2025.2534940.

  7. *Brieant, A., & *Simmons, C., (2025). Timing matters: A multi-contextual, within-individual approach to understanding age-related changes in psychopathology in the ABCD Study. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70030

  8. Sbeglia, C., Simmons, C., Icenogle, G., Levick, M., Peniche, M., Beardslee, J., Cauffman, E. (2024). Life After Life (Without Parole): Recidivism Among Individuals Formerly Sentenced to Mandatory Juvenile Life Without Parole. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12989

  9. Simmons, C., Rodgers, E.L., & Cauffman, E. (2023). Examining the relation among callous-unemotional traits and cortisol, alpha-amylase, and testosterone reactivity in legal system involved young men. Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106391 

  10. Sullivan, C. M., Simmons, C., Guerrero, M., Farero, A., Chiaramonte, D., López-Zerón, G., Ayeni, O., Fernandez, A., & Sprecher, M. (2023). Domestic Violence Housing First Model and Survivors’ Housing Stability, Safety and Wellbeing Over Two Years. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20213 

  11. Goodman-Williams, R., Simmons, C., Chiaramonte, D., & Sullivan, C.M. (2023). Domestic violence survivors’ housing stability, safety, and well-being over time: Examining the role of Domestic Violence Housing First, social support and material hardship. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000686 

  12. *Estrada, S., *Simmons, C., & Baskin-Sommers, A. (2023). Trajectories of psychopathy and community violence exposure differentially predict antisociality in justice-involved youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00989-z  

  13. Sullivan, C. M., Sprecher, M., Guerrero, M., Fernandez, A., & Simmons, C. (2022). The use of children as a tactic of intimate partner violence and its impact on survivors’ mental health and well-being over time. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00483-6

  14. Simmons. C., Mitchell-Adams, H., & Baskin-Sommers, A. (2022). Environmental predictors of within-person changes in callous-unemotional traits among justice-Involved male adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2093207

  15. Sullivan, C. M., Guerrero, M., Simmons, C., López-Zerón, G., Ayeni, O., Farero, A., Chiaramonte, D., & Sprecher, M. (2022). Impact of the domestic violence housing first model on survivors’ safety and housing stability: Twelve month findings. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221119520

  16. Cavanagh, C., Simmons, C., Ligget O’Malley, R., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E., (2022). The moderating role of maternal CU traits in the stability of CU traits in justice-involved male youth. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2051522

  17. Sullivan, C.M., López-Zerón, G., Farero, A., Ayeni, F., Simmons, C., Chiaramonte, D., Hamdan, N., & Sprecher, M., (2022). Impact of the domestic violence housing first model on survivors’ safety and housing stability: Six Month Findings. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00381-x

  18. Chan, L., Simmons, C. Tillem, S., Conley, M., Brazil, I.A. and Baskin-Sommers, A. (2022). Classifying Conduct Disorder using a biopsychosocial model and machine learning method. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.02.004

  19. Baskin-Sommers, A., Ruiz, S., Sarcos, B. & Simmons, C. (2022). Cognitive-affective factors underlying disinhibitory disorders and legal implications. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s44159-022-00020-8

  20. Casey, B.J., Simmons, C. Somerville, L.H., & Baskin-Sommers, A. (2022). Making the sentencing case: Psychological and neuroscientific evidence for expanding the age of youthful offenders. Annual Review of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-030920-113250

  21. Chiaramonte, D., Simmons, C., Hamdan, N., Ayeni, F., López-Zerón, G., Farero, A., Sprecher, M., & Sullivan, C.M. (2021) The impact of COVID-19 on the safety, housing stability, and mental health of unstably housed domestic violence survivors. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22765

  22. *Baskin-Sommers, A., *Simmons, C., Conley, M.I., Chang, S., Collins, M., Estrada, S., Pelham, W., Beckford, E., Berrian, N., Mitchell-Adams, H., Barch, D., Tapert, S., Gee, D.G., & Casey, B.J., (2021). Adolescent civic engagement: Lessons from Black Lives Matter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109860118

  23. *Simmons, C., *Conley, M.I., Gee, D.G., Baskin-Sommers, A., Barch, D.M., Hoffman, E.A., Huber, R.S., Iacono, W.G., Nagel, B.J., Sheth, C.S., Sowell, E.R., Thompson, W.K., Casey, B.J. (2021). Responsible use of open access developmental data: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠ (ABCD) Study. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211003564

  24. Beardslee, J., Kan, E., Simmons, C., Peniche, M., Pardini, D., Frick., P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2021). A within-individual examination of the predictors of gun carrying during adolescence and young adulthood among young men. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01464-6

  25. Simmons, C., Kan, E., Simpkins, S., Donley, S., Steinberg, L., Frick., P.J., & Cauffman, E. (2021). Assessing the association between participation in extracurricular activities and delinquent behavior among justice-involved young men. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12600

  26. Boykin, C.M., *Brown, N.D, *Carter, J.T., *Dukes, K., *Green, D., *Harrison, T., *Hebl, M., *Membere, A., *McCleary-Gaddy, A., *McJunkins, C., *Simmons, C., *Singletary Walker, S., *Smith, A.N., & *Williams, A.D. (2020) Anti-racist actions and accountability: No more empty promises. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0158

  27. Fine, A., Simmons, C., Cavanagh, C., Rowan, Z., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2020). Implications of youths’ perceptions of the police for the cycle of violence, code of the streets, and violent offending. Psychology of Violence, 10(5), 473. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000286

  28. Simmons, C., Fine, A., Knowles, A., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2020). The relation between callous-unemotional traits, psychosocial maturity, and delinquent behavior among justice involved youth. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13176

  29. Simmons, C., Rowan, Z., Knowles, A., Steinberg, L., Frick., P.J., & Cauffman, E. (2019). A life history approach to understanding juvenile offending and aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2019.07.012 

  30. Fine, A., Rowan, Z., & Simmons, C. (2019). Do politics trump race in determining American youths’ perceptions of law enforcement? Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.01.003

  31. Fine, A., Simmons, C., Miltimore, S., Steinberg, L., Frick, P.J., & Cauffman, E. (2018). The school experiences of male adolescent offenders: Implications for academic performance and recidivism. Crime & Delinquency, 64(10), 1326-1350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128717750392​

  32. Simmons, C., Steinberg, L., Frick, P.J., & Cauffman, E. (2018). The differential influence of absent and harsh fathers on juvenile delinquency. Journal of Adolescence, 62, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.10.010

  33. Mahler A., Simmons, C., Frick, P.J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Aspirations, expectations and delinquency: The moderating effect of impulse control. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(7), 1503-1514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0661-0

  34. Fine, A., Mahler, A., Simmons, C., Chen, C., Moyzis, R., & Cauffman, E. (2016). Relations between three dopaminergic system genes, school attachment, and adolescent delinquency. Developmental Psychology, 52(11), 1893-1903. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000166

Book Chapters and Law Reviews

  1. Simmons, C. (accepted). Behavioral development and violent crime. In T. Skolnik, H.F. Fradella, & J. Pizzaro (Eds.) Short Essays on Violent Crime and the Law.

  2. Simmons, C., Randolph, I., GSLee, J.M., & Cavanagh, C. (2025). Socio-emotional perspectives on the decision-making of youth. In L. Malloy, R. Helm, & T. Zottoli (Eds.) Confessions and Guilty Pleas of Youth: Developmental Science and Practical Implications. Oxford University Press.

  3. *Cauffman, E., *Fine, A., *Mahler, A., & *Simmons, C. (2018). How developmental science influences juvenile justice reform. University of California, Irvine Law Review, 8, 21-40. https://scholarship.law.uci.edu/ucilr/vol8/iss1/4

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