Hyunjung Cheon

Biographic Data

ID841614
NAMEHyunjung Cheon
GIVEN NAMESHyunjung
FAMILY NAMECheon
SIGNATURECHEON H
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at El Paso
ORCID0000-0002-8737-6355
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • At-risk Youth in Honduras

    Open AccessHyunjung Cheon, Charles M Katz et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    Prior research highlights the importance of developmental domains—community, family, school, peer, and individual—in shaping youth problem behaviors such as delinquency, drug use, and violence. However, few instruments measuring risk and protective factors have been psychometrically evaluated in developing countries, particularly in Central America. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Instrumento de Medicion de Comportamientos …

  • Assessing the Importance of the Operationalization of Gang Membership and Its Relationship with Risk Factors and Delinquency

    Charles M Katz, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2026

    The Eurogang operationalization of gang membership introduced an innovation in measuring gang involvement, improving the validity of cross-cultural research on gangs. This study fills a gap by focusing on English-speaking Caribbean countries, often overlooked in gang research but key for understanding gangs beyond the Global North. It builds on previous work that assessed the validity of three operational definitions of gang involvement by compar…

  • Immigrant Culture and Neighborhood Perceived Violent Crime and Violent Victimization

    Theodore R Curry, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLEJustice Quarterly2025

    Research on neighborhood immigration and crime rarely tests cultural explanations for the null or inverse associations typically found. We examine if support for the code of the street and measures of immigrant culture (acculturation and enculturation) mediate this relationship. We employ multilevel path modeling and survey data from neighborhoods in El Paso County, Texas, merged with census data. Supporting predictions, enculturation is inversel…

  • Punishment, Rehabilitation, or Both

    Open AccessGabriel T Cesar, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2025

    This study assesses public opinion on how attempted mass shooters should be handled by the criminal justice system. Multinomial logistic regression determined the relative roles of age and mental health status in predicting the endorsement of punishment, treatment, or balanced approaches that incorporate both punitive and therapeutic treatment. Findings suggest that the endorsement of rehabilitative or balanced approaches depends heavily on perce…

  • Validating Social Control, Self-Control, and Social Learning Constructs Among a Sample of Youth in Nine English-Speaking Caribbean Nations

    Open AccessHyunjung Cheon, Charles M Katz et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2025

    Measures in international self-report surveys drawn from criminological theories have rarely been validated. Instruments that have been tested suggest that they might lack reliability and validity depending on the nation. The present study uses a large sample of school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean countries to examine the reliability and validity of three theoretical constructs—social control, self-control, and social learni…

  • Immigration status and its relationship with delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean

    Kayla Freemon, Charles M Katz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Criminal…2025Cited by: 1References: 44

  • Family Structure and Delinquency in the English-Speaking Caribbean

    Open AccessKayla Freemon, V M Herrera et al.ARTICLEYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice2023

    Growing up in a household without two parents present is an established risk factor for youth delinquency. However, much of the research on family structure and delinquency derives from U.S. samples, limiting applicability to the developing world. The present study explores the role of traditional and non-traditional family structures on self-reported delinquency in eight English-speaking Caribbean nations. We further examine the moderating role …

  • Delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean

    Open AccessCharles M Katz, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2023Cited by: 4References: 44

    In this study, the authors examine the prevalence of self-reported delinquency, drug use, and gang membership among school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. We also examine the frequency of these problem behaviors by gender and ethnicity. In doing so, we seek to gain …

  • Impact of Family-Based Secondary Prevention Programming on Risk, Resilience, and Delinquency

    Charles M Katz, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLEJustice Quarterly2022

    The present study examines the impact of Proponte Más, a family-based, multiple gated prevention program in Honduras. The primary goal of Proponte Más is to reduce the risk factors for problem behavior associated with youth in Honduras through family-based intervention services. At risk youth were randomly assigned to a treatment and control group. Data for the study were sourced primarily from the Behavior Measurement Instrument and FACES IV ins…

  • Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations

    Open AccessHyunjung CheonARTICLEIsland Studies Journal2022Cited by: 2References: 10

    Legal socialization is the process by which individuals obtain their attitudes and beliefs about formal social control mechanisms such as the police, including how these are formed through domains of social life. These attitudes and subsequent beliefs toward the police, whether positive or negative, have been found to impact individuals’ compliance with the law and cooperation with legal authorities. Despite research advancements on legal sociali…