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  1. Prisoners Helping Prisoners Change: A Study of Inmate Field Ministers Within Texas Prisons

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  2. Within-individual effects of strain on crime/drug use and conditioning effects of criminal coping propensity: Random-effects models

    Article • Journal of Criminal Justice, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  3. Positive Expected Selves and Desistance among Serious Adolescent Offenders

    Article • Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  4. U.S. Prison Seminaries: Structural Charity, Religious Establishment, and Neoliberal Corrections

    Article • The Prison Journal, February 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  5. Explaining Gender Differences in Changes in Volunteering after Divorce

    Article • Sociological Quarterly, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  6. The Effects of Provincial and Individual Religiosity on Deviance in China: A Multilevel Modeling Test of the Moral Community Thesis

    Article • Religions, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  7. Existential and Virtuous Effects of Religiosity on Mental Health and Aggressiveness among Offenders

    Article • Religions, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  8. Religiosity, Crime, and Drug Use Among Juvenile Offenders: A Test of Reciprocal Relationships Over Time

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  9. The Effects of Provincial and Individual Religiosity on Deviance in China: A Multilevel Modeling Test of the Moral Community Thesis

    Article • May 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  10. “Four Gods” in Maximum Security Prison: Images of God, Religiousness, and Worldviews Among Inmates

    Article • Review of Religious Research, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  11. Images of God, Religious Involvement, and Prison Misconduct among Inmates

    Article • Corrections, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  12. Religiosity, Crime, and Drug Use Among Juvenile Offenders: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Criminology, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  13. Religion and Misconduct in “Angola” Prison: Conversion, Congregational Participation, Religiosity, and Self-Identities

    Article • Justice Quarterly, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  14. Tying Knots With Communities

    Article • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, December 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  15. The Relationship between Religion and Deviance in a Largely Irreligious Country: Findings from the 2010 China General Social Survey

    Article • Deviant Behavior, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  16. Existential Spirituality, Religiosity, and Symptoms of Anxiety-Related Disorders: A Study of Belief in Ultimate Truth and Meaning in Life

    Article • September 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  17. Religious Service Attendance and Volunteering

    Article • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  18. The effects of religiosity on drinking among home-schooled youth

    Article • Deviant Behavior, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang, Bob Thomson

  19. A relationship between objective and subjective strain in General Strain Theory

    Article • Journal of Criminal Justice, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  20. Religion, Delinquency, and Drug Use

    Article • Criminal Justice Review, October 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  21. "First Stop Dying": Angola's Christian Seminary as Positive Criminology

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  22. Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis

    Article • Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  23. Strain Theories and Crime

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  24. Does Alcohol or Delinquency Help Adolescents Feel Better Over Time? A Study on the Influence of Heavy Drinking and Violent/Property Offending on Negative Emotions

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, December 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  25. Structured Voluntary Youth Activities and Positive Outcomes in Adulthood: An Exploratory Study of Involvement in Scouting and Subjective Well-Being

    Article • Sociological Focus, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  26. Thornberry, Terence P.

    Article • March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  27. A General Strain Approach to Psychological and Physical Bullying

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  28. IS BEING “SPIRITUAL” ENOUGH WITHOUT BEING RELIGIOUS? A STUDY OF VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIMES AMONG EMERGING ADULTS

    Article • Criminology, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  29. Being Prepared and Staying Connected: Scouting's Influence on Social Capital and Community Involvement

    Article • Social Science Quarterly, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  30. Desistance and Protection from Binge Drinking between Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Study of Turning Points and Insulators

    Article • Sociological Focus, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  31. Religious Involvement and Dynamics of Marijuana Use: Initiation, Persistence, and Desistence

    Article • Deviant Behavior, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  32. General strain and non-strain theories: A study of crime in emerging adulthood

    Article • Journal of Criminal Justice, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  33. Religiousness, Spirituality, and Psychological Distress in Taiwan

    Article • Review of Religious Research, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  34. The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Drug Users and Religion on Drug Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Article • Youth & Society, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  35. The Cumulative Advantage of Religiosity in Preventing Drug Use

    Article • Journal of Drug Issues, July 2008, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  36. Gender Differences in Strain, Negative Emotions, and Coping Behaviors: A General Strain Theory Approach

    Article • Justice Quarterly, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  37. Strain, Social Support, and Retreatism Among African Americans

    Article • Journal of Black Studies, November 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  38. Gender, Religiosity, and Reactions to Strain Among African Americans

    Article • Sociological Quarterly, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  39. Explaining Religious Effects on Distress Among African Americans

    Article • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, June 2004, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  40. Article • Journal of Quantitative Criminology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  41. The effects of family, school, peers, and attitudes on adolescents' drug use: Do they vary with age? *

    Article • Justice Quarterly, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  42. Article • Sociological Forum, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  43. NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER, INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOSITY, AND ADOLESCENT USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS: A TEST OF MULTILEVEL HYPOTHESES*

    Article • Criminology, February 2001, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  44. Does Adolescent Religious Commitment Matter? A Reexamination of the Effects of Religiosity on Delinquency

    Article • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, February 2001, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  45. Neighborhood Disorder, Fear, and Mistrust: The Buffering Role of Social Ties with Neighbors

    Article • American Journal of Community Psychology, August 2000, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  46. Escaping from the crime of inner cities: Church attendance and religious salience among disadvantaged youth

    Article • Justice Quarterly, June 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  47. Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  48. AGE-VARYING EFFECTS OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND PEERS ON DELINQUENCY: A MULTILEVEL MODELING TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY*

    Article • Criminology, August 1999, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  49. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, DIFFERENT MODELING DECISIONS, AND DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS: A REJOINDER TO LAURITSEN*

    Article • Criminology, August 1999, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  50. Urban families and adolescent mental health

    Article • Social Work Research, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  51. Self-Esteem, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquency: A Test of the Self-Enhancement Thesis

    Article • American Sociological Review, August 1998, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  52. A Test of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Parental Supervision, Affective Ties, and Delinquency

    Article • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, August 1997, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  53. Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Parasuicide in Prison

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, June 1996, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  54. Developmental patterns of sex differences in delinquency among African American adolescents: A test of the sex-invariance hypothesis

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Criminology, June 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  55. Changes in Psychological Maladaptation among Inmate Parasuicides

    Article • Criminal Justice and Behavior, September 1994, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  56. Fewer reasons for staying alive when you are thinking of killing yourself: The brief reasons for living inventory

    Article • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  57. DELINQUENT PEERS, BELIEFS, AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY*

    Article • Criminology, February 1994, Wiley

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  58. The measurement of family process variables: The effect of adolescent and parent perceptions of family life on delinquent behavior

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Criminology, September 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  59. Problem solving and suicidality among prison inmates: Another look at state versus trait.

    Article • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, January 1992, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  60. Predictors of Interracial Homicide Victimization for Asian Americans: A Macrostructural Opportunity Perspective

    Article • Sociological Perspectives, March 1991, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  61. Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Family, School, and Delinquency

    Article • The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), January 1991, JSTOR

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  62. The role of hopelessness and social desirability in predicting suicidal behavior: A study of prison inmates.

    Article • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, January 1991, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  63. Religion and Crime

    Article • Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Sung Joon Jang

  64. Thornberry, Terence P.: Interactional Theory

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Sung Joon Jang