Biography     

Eva Kimonis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy. Dr. Kimonis received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of New Orleans, where she was mentored by Dr. Paul Frick, an internationally recognized leader in the field of childhood externalizing disorders and psychopathy.  Dr. Kimonis was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Institutional Research Service Award to complete her postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of California, Irvine.  She is currently a Research Affiliate with University of California, Irvine’s nationally recognized Center for Psychology and Law.

Her program of research focuses on risk factors for the development of psychopathy and violent behavior, with special interest in the role of childhood abuse experiences and emotional processing. Her research has been published in journals including Law and Human Behavior, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Development and Psychopathology, and the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.  She has presented her research nationally and internationally at psychology conferences, and she has co-authored book chapters on externalizing disorders of childhood and juvenile psychopathy. 

Dr. Kimonis has been involved in a large number of forensic cases at both the Federal and State Court level as part of an evaluation and consultation team.  She has experience with forensic evaluations and forensic consultation related to substance abuse, risk assessment, malingering, competency, sanity, domestic violence, child witnesses, and penalty phase evaluations.  In addition to her forensic experience, Dr. Kimonis has clinical experience working in forensic settings, including youth correctional centers in Louisiana and California, and Juvenile Court in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Recent Publications

Kimonis, E.R., Skeem, J.L., Edens, J.F., Douglas, K.S., Lilienfeld, S.O., & Poythress, N.G. (in press). Suicidal and criminal behavior among female offenders: The role of abuse and psychopathology. Special Issue of Journal of Personality Disorders.

Muñoz, L.C., Frick, P.J., Kimonis, E.R., & Aucoin, K.J. (2008). Types of Aggression,Responsiveness to Provocation, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Detained Adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36(1),15-28.

Muñoz, L.C., Frick, P.J., Kimonis, E.R., & Aucoin, K.J. (2008). Verbal Ability and Delinquency: Testing the Moderating Role of Psychopathic Traits. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(4),414-421.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Skeem, J.L., Marsee, M.A., Cruise, K., Muñoz, L.C., Aucoin, K.J., & Morris, A.S. (2008). Assessing Callous-Unemotional Traits in Adolescent Offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. Special Issue: Psychopathy and risk assessment in children and adolescents, 31(3), 241-252.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Muñoz, L.C., & Aucoin, K.J. (2008). Callous-Unemotional Traits and the Emotional Processing of Distress Cues in Detained Boys: Testing the Moderating Role of Aggression, Exposure to Community Violence, and Histories of Abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 569-589.

Cauffman, E., Piquero, A., Kimonis, E.R., Steinberg, L., Chassin, L., & Fagan, J. (2007). Legal, Individual, and Contextual Predictors of Court Disposition in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 31, 519-535.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Muñoz, L.C., & Aucoin, K.J. (2007). Can a Laboratory Measure of Emotional Processing Enhance the Statistical Prediction of Aggression and Delinquency in Detained Adolescents with Callous-Unemotional Traits? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 35 (5), 773 – 785.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Boris, N.W., Smyke, A.T., Cornell, A.H., Farrell, J.M., & Zeanah, C.H. (2006). Callous-unemotional features, behavioral inhibition, and parenting: Independent predictors of aggression in a high-risk preschool sample. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15 (6), 745-756.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Fazekas, H., & Loney, B.R. (2006). Psychopathy, aggression, and the processing of emotional stimuli in non-referred girls and boys. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 24 (1), 21-37.

Frick, P.J., Stickle, T.R., Dandreaux, D.M., Farrell, J.M., & Kimonis, E.R. (2005). Callousunemotional traits in predicting the severity and stability of conduct problems and delinquency. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33 (4), 471-487.

Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., & Barry, C.T. (2004). Callous-unemotional traits and delinquent peer affiliation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72 (6), 956-966.

Frick, P.J., Kimonis, E.R., Dandreaux, D.M., & Farrell, J. (2003). The four-year stability of psychopathic traits in non-referred youth. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21, 713-736.