Relevant Studies on Prosocial Corrections

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

The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry on Identity Transformation, Desistance, and Rehabilitation
Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Byron R. Johnson, and Grant Duwe, Routledge (August 2016)

The Effects of Prison Visits From Community Volunteers on Offender Recidivism
Grant Duwe and Byron R. Johnson, The Prison Journal, 2016, Vol. 96:279-303

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.

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

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

Estimating the Benefits of a Faith-Based Correctional Program 
Grant Duwe and Byron R. Johnson, International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 2013, 2, 227-239

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

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.