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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

Can a Faith-Based Prison Reduce Recidivism?
Byron R. Johnson,  Corrections Today, January 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)

The Religious Antidote
Byron R. Johnson, First Things, August/September 2011

More God Less Crime
Byron R. Johnson, Templeton Press, May 2011

Counting China’s Christians: There are as many Christians in China as there are members of the Communist Party.
by Rodney Stark, Byron Johnson, and Carson Mencken, First Things
May 2011

The Good News About Evangelicalism
by  Byron Johnson, First Things, February 2011

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)

The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals: A Research Note
Buster G. Smith and Byron R. Johnson, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49:351-360, (2010)

Divine Justice: The Relationship Between Images of God and Attitudes Toward Criminal Punishment
Christopher Bader, Scott A. Desmond, F. Carson Mencken and Byron R. Johnson, Criminal Justice Review, 35: 90-106 (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 Faith Factor and Prisoner Reentry, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 2008 Volume 4, Article 5. www.religjournal.comView/Download Study

Innovations in Effective Compassion, Compendium of Research Papers presented at the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference on Research, Outcomes, and Evaluation, June 2008. pp. 17-38.

Not By Faith or Government Alone: Rethinking the Role of Faith-Based Organizations– Short Essays on the Faith-Based and Community Initiative, (ed.) Baylor Institute for Studies of
Religion (ISR Special Research Report), Baylor University (2008)
http://www.baylorisr.org/publications/reports/.

The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to Crime and Delinquency, (chapter by Byron Johnson), in The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion.  Peter B. Clarke (ed). University of Oxford
Press (2008).

Assessing the Role of Religion in Preventing Youth Crime (chapter by Byron Johnson),William Jeynes and Enedina, Martinez, (Eds.) Christianity, Education & Modern Society. Greenwich:  Information Age Press (2007).

Recovering the Lost: Remeasuring U.S. Religious Affiliation
By Kevin D. Dougherty, Byron R. Johnson and Edward C. Polson, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol 46, No. 4, pp 483-500, December 2007.

Deregulation and the Religious Market in Taiwan: A Research Note
By Yunfeng Lu, Byron Johnson and Rodney Stark, The Sociological Quarterly, Volume 49 pp 138-153, 2008.

Race/Ethnicity, Religious Involvement, and Domestic Violence
By Byron R. Johnson, Christopher G. Ellison, Jenny A Trinitapoli and Kristin L. Anderson; Violence Against Women, Sage Publications, Vol 13, Num 11, pp 1094-1112, November 2007.

Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations
By Alan Mittleman, Byron Johnson, Nancy Isserman , Lexington Books, November 2007.View/Download Publication

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.

Religious Programs and Recidivism Among Former Inmates in Prison Fellowship Programs: A Long-term Follow-up Study - Byron R. Johnson, Justice Quarterly, Volume 21, Number 2, pp. 329-354, June 2004.
The Intervention Selection Bias: An Underrecognized Confound in Intervention Research - by Byron R. Johnson with Robert E. Larzelere and Brett R. Kuhn, The Psychological Bulletin, Volume 130, Number 2, pp. 289-303, 2004.

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.

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