Jang, Sung Joon – Publications | Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion

Assessing a Faith-Based Program for Trauma Healing Among Jail Inmates: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson, Matt Bradshaw, and Chongmin Na | Sage Journals July 2024.

	U.S. Prison Seminaries: Structural Charity, Religious Establishment, and Neoliberal Corrections Michael Hallett, Bryon Johnson, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang, and Grant Duwe; The Prison Journal. February 6, 2019

	“Four Gods” in Maximum Security Prison: Images of God, Religiousness, and Worldviews Among Inmates By Sung Joon Jang, Joshua Hays, Byron R. Johnson, Michael Hallett adn Grant Duwe, Review of Religious Research, Vol 60, No.3, 2018

	Existential and Virtuous Effects of Religiosity on Mental Health and Aggressiveness among OffendersPrison Seminary Movement in Prison Life by Sung Joon Jang, Byron R Johnson, Joshua Hays, Michael Hallet, and Grant Duwe; Religions, (91): 182, (2018.)

	Inmate Ministry as Contextual Missiology: Best Practices for America’s Emerging Prison Seminary Movement in Prison Life by Joshua Hays, Michael Hallet, Byron R Johnson, Sung Joon Jang and Grant Duwe; Perspectives in Religious Studies, 45(1): 69–79.

	Finding Freedom in Confinement: The Role of Religion in Prison Life Kent R. Kerley Ph.D. (Editor); Chapter 1, pp. 3-22: “Faith and Service: Pathways to Identity Transformation and Correctional Reform” by Byron R. Johnson, Grant Duwe, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang, Matthew T. Lee, Maria E. Pagano, and Stephen G. Post; Praeger, January 31, 2018.

	Images of God Religious Involvement and Prison Misconduct among Inmates Sung Joon Jang, Byron R Johnson, Joshua Hays, Grant Duwe & Michael Hallett , Corrections Policy, Practice and Research (2017)

	Religiosity, Crime, and Drug Use Among Juvenile Offenders: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach by Sung Joon Jang, Journal of Quantitative Criminology’, October 17, 2017

	The Routledge International Handbook of Life-Course Criminology by Arjan Blokland and Victor van der Geest (Editors) Chapter 6 by Sung Joon Jang and Bryon R. Johnson, Routledge, 2017

	Religion and Misconduct in “Angola” Prison: Conversion, Congregational Participation, Religiosity, and Self-IdentitiesBy Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson, William Joshua Hays, Michael Hallett and Grant Duwe, Justice Quarterly, April 7, 2017

	The Ohio Adolescent Health Centers: A Collaborative Model for Sexual Risk Avoidance Education By Byron R. Johnson, William Wubbenhorst, Sung Joon Jang, and Sumner Wubbenhorst, December, 2016 View/Download OAHC Case Study

	Tying Knots With Communities: Youth Involvement in Scouting and Civic Engagement in Adulthood Young-Il Kim, Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (March 2016)

	Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis by Grant Duwe, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang & Byron R. Johnson, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, , May 12 2015

	First Stop Dying:” Angola’s Christian Seminary as Positive Criminology, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Byron R. Johnson, Sung Joon Jang, and Grant Duwe, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, (2015) DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15598179.

	Structured Voluntary Youth Activities and Positive Outcomes in Adulthood: An Exploratory Study of Involvement in Scouting and Subjective Well-Being by Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson, Young-Il Kim, Edward C. Polson & Buster G. Smith, Sociological Focus, Oct. 2014

	Serve West Dallas – Community Transformation in West Dallas: A Sustained Collective Among Churches Faith-based Organizations and Government A case study written by Byron R. Johnson, William Wubbenhorst, Curtis Schroeder and Sung Joon Jang. 2013

	Recidivism Reduction and Return on Investments: An Empirical Assessment of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program A case study written by Byron R. Johnson, William Wubbenhorst, Curtis Schroeder and Sung Joon Jang. 2013

	Is being “Spiritual” Enough Without Being Religious? A Study of Violent and Property Crimes Among Emerging Adults Sung Joon Jang and Aaron B. Franzen, Criminology, 51: 595-627, Aug 2013

	Desistance and Protection from Binge Drinking between Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Study of Turning Points and Insulators Sung Joon Jang, Sociological Focus, 46: 1–24, Jan 2013

	Being Prepared and Staying Connected: Scouting’s Influence on Social Capital and Community Involvement Edward C. Polson, Young-Il Kim, Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson and Buster Smith, 11 JAN 2013

	Religious Involvement and Dynamics of Marijuana Use: Initiation, Persistence, and Desistence Jeffery T. Ulmer, Scott A. Desmond, Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, Deviant Behavior, Vol. 33, Issue 6 pp 448-46, 2012

	The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Drug Users and Religion on Drug Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, Youth & Society, Page Publications, pp:1220-1245 (2011)

	Teenage Religiosity and Changes in Marijuana Use During Transition to Adulthood Jeffrey T. Ulmer, Scott A. Desmond, Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, 6: 1-19 (2010) www.religjournal.com

	Crime and Religion: Assessing the Role of the Faith Factor Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang,Contemporary Issues in Criminological Theory and Research The Role of Social Institutions: Papers from the American Society of Criminology 2010 Conference, pp:117-150 (2010)

	Religion, Race, and Drug Use Among American Youth Author: Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 6: 1-22 (2010) www.religjournal.comView/Download Study

	The Cumulative Advantage of Religiosity in Preventing Drug Use, Journal of Drug Issues, Volume 38, Number 3, pp. 771-798, 2008. Sung Joon Jang, Christopher D. Bader, Byron R. Johnson The Cumulative Advantage of Religiosity in Preventing Drug Use

	Gender Differences in Strain, Negative Emotions and Coping Behaviors: A General Strain Theory Approach– by Sung Joon Jang, Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Number 3, pp. 523-553, September 2007.Gender Differences in Strain, Negative Emotions and Coping Behaviors: A General Strain Theory Approach

	Strain, Social Support, and Retreatism Among African Americans– by Sung Joon Jang and Jason A. Lyons, Journal of Black Studies, Volume 37, Number 2, pp. 251-274, November 2006.Strain, Social Support, and Retreatism Among African Americans

	Gender, Religiousity, and Reactions to Strain Among African Americans – by Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, The Sociological Quarterly, Volume 46, Number 2, pp. 323-357, May 2005.Gender, Religiousity, and Reactions to Strain Among African Americans

	Explaining Religious Effects on Distress Among African Americans– by Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 43, Number 2, pp. 239-260, 2004.Explaining Religious Effects on Distress Among African Americans

	Strain, Negative Emotions, and Deviant Coping Among African Americans: A Test of General Strain Theory, Byron R Johnson and Sung Joon Jang, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol 19, No. 1, 2003.Strain, Negative Emotions, and Deviant Coping Among African Americans:

	Prisoners Helping Prisoners Change: A Study of Inmate Field Ministers within Texas Prisons. 2020. by Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson, Joshua Hayes, Michael Hallett, and Grant Duwe, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 64(5):470-497 (DOI: 10.1177/0306624X19872966).

	The Effect of Religion on Emotional Well-Being among Offenders in Correctional Centers of South Africa: Explanations and Gender Differences. 2019. by Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson, Matthew L. Anderson, and Karen Booyen, 2019, Justice Quarterly, published online in November (10.1080/07418825.2019.1689286).

	Religiosity, Crime, and Drug Use among Juvenile Offenders: A Test of Reciprocal Relationships Over Time. 2018. by Sung Joon Jang, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(14):4445-4464 (DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2017.1309057).