Research from the BRC Lab
(**undergraduate / *graduate denotes student supervisee)
Publications
Kang, T., Lee, A., *Beltrani, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2022). Tracking dynamic intervention needs as a vehicle for mitigating risk among juveniles with sex offenses. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000375
(https://link.growkudos.com/1pnim9c85xc (1 minute summary of article))
Kang, T. (in press). The Lost Scrolls of the Correctional Bible: Before the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model. In P. Magaletta, M. Ternes, & M. Patry (Eds). The History and Future of Correctional Psychology. Springer.
Kang, T., *Green, A., *Akamani, B., & **Pinkston, K. (2022). Rural residents’ emotions, beliefs, and sources that influenced those beliefs regarding sex offender policies, practice, and the efficacy of treatment. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2562
Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., Worling, J., & Kang, T. (2020). Final report: Development and implementation project for the Youth Needs and Progress Scale (YNPS). Report prepared for Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference (2016-AW-BX-K004). https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/smart/grants/254814.pdf
Kang, T., *Beltrani, A., *Manheim, M., *Spriggs, S., *Nishimura, B., *Sinclair, S., *Stachniuk, M., *Pate, E., Righthand, S., Worling, J., & Prentky, R.A. (2019). Development of a risk / treatment needs & progress protocol for juveniles with sex offenses. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000191
Zannella, L., Eno Louden, J., Kennealy, P., & Kang, T. (2018). The generalizability of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Inventory-Second Version (MAYSI-2) to Latino adolescent offenders: A confirmatory factor analysis. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818774380
Kang, T., Wood, J. M., Eno Louden, J., & Ricks, E. P. (2017). Prevalence of internalizing, externalizing, and psychotic disorders among low-risk juvenile offenders. Psychological Services, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000152
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., Ricks, E. P., & Marquez, L. (2017). Utility of the MAYSI-2 at identifying mental disorder among Latino juvenile offenders. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000399
Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., Ricks, E. P., & Jones, R. L. (2015). Aggression, substance use disorder, and presence of a prior suicide attempt among juvenile offenders with subclinical depression. Law and Human Behavior, 39(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000145
Eno Louden, J. Manchak, S. & Kang, T. (2012). Probation. In R. Cautin & S. Lilenfeld (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kroner, D. G., Kang, T., Mills, J. F., Harris, A., & Green, M. M. (2011). Reliabilities, validities, and cutoff scores of the depression hopelessness suicide screening among women offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38, 779-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854811409004
Manuscripts Submitted for Publication
2. Adair, R., Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., & Perez, E. Pathways to crime: The voices of Latina women living on the U.S. -Mexico Border. Manuscript submitted for publication.
1. *Beltrani, A., Kang, T., Lee, A., McGrath, R., & Prentky, R. A. A classification system to guide treatment needs for juveniles who have engaged in abusive sexual behavior. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Manuscripts in Preparation
2. Kang, T., *Kuzmickus, D., & *Nation, R. Designing effective campaigns to drive criminal justice reform initiatives: Exploration of social influences and structural, learned, and enduring characteristics. Manuscript in preparation.
1. Kang, T., *Nation, R., & *Kuzmickus, D. Sources that fuel beliefs regarding the fictitional relationship between mental illness and crime. Manuscript in preparation.
Funded Projects
American Psychology-Law Society, APA Division 41, ECP Grant-in-Aid, $5,000 (awarded in December 2021)
Principal Investigator. Title: Peeking through the looking glass: A qualitative exploration of rural residents’ beliefs regarding marginalized criminal justice populations and scientists involved in criminal justice reform
College of Health & Human Sciences, $4,000 (awarded in May 2021)
Principal Investigator. Title: How perceptions of scientists’ trustworthiness affect rural residents’ beliefs about criminal justice policies?
University of Texas at El Paso, $1790 (awarded in 2015)
Principal Investigator. Title: Effect of Cooperativeness of the Parent on Juvenile Probation Officer Decision-Making
Presentations (undergraduate** / graduate* denotes student supervisee)
*Nation, R. & Kang T. (2023, March). Rural Residents’ Beliefs on Gun Control, the Relationship between Gun Violence & Mental Illness, & the Unique Pathway that Led to their Opinion: A Mixed Methods Approach. Data Blitz presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Philadelphia, PA).
Kang, T., *Nation, R., & *Kuzmickus, D. (2023, March). Exploration of Barriers to Re-Entry in the Southern Mississippi Delta Region. Data Blitz presented at the annual conference of American Psychcology-Law Society (Philadelphia, PA).
Kuzmckus, D. & Kang, T. (2023, March). Impact depends on reach: Exploration of rural residents’ misperceptions regarding justice-involved individuals with a mental illness. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Brussels, Belgium).
Kang, T. (2023, May). Rural residents’ emotions, beliefs, and sources that influenced those beliefs regarding sex offender policies, practice, and the efficacy of treatment. Paper accepted to the North America Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (Toronto, Canada).
Kang, T., Lee, A., *Beltrani, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2023, May). Tracking dynamic intervention needs as a vehicle for mitigating risk among juveniles with sex offenses. Paper accepted to the North America Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (Toronto, Canada).
*Beltrani, A., Kang, T., *Galeza, E., *Nation, R., McGrath, R., Lee, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2022, March). Taxonomic differences among juvenile sex offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Denver, Colorado).
Kang, T., *Green, A., *Akamani, B., *Parker, F., *Mercado, S., & **Pinkston, K. (2022, March). The effect of distrust in scientists on rural residents’ beliefs regarding marginalized groups. Poster presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Denver, Colorado).
*Akamani, B., **Pinkston, K., & Kang, T. (2021, March). With understanding comes change: Examination of rural residents’ attitudes and beliefs towards offenders with a mental disorder and sex offenders. Poster presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Virtual).
Kang, T., *Beltrani, A., *Manheim, M., Righthand, S., Worling, J. R., Lee, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2020, March). Development of a risk/treatment needs and progress protocol for juveniles with sex offenses. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans,Louisiana).
*Manheim, M., Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., & Kang, T. (2019, May). Addressing the treatment needs of youth with sexually abusive behavior. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (Washington, D.C.).
Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., & Kang, T. (2018, March). The juvenile treatment progress scale development and implementation project. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Memphis, Tennessee).
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., Hutchins, E., **Ortega, X., & **Leos, B. (2018, March). Exploring the influence of mental illness on offending among women offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Memphis, Tennessee).
Righthand, S. & Kang, T. (2017, October). Assessing treatment needs and progress with youth who have sexually abused. Invited presentation at the annual conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Kansas City, Missouri).
Kang, T. & Lloyd, C. D. (2017, March). Re-visiting the ‘lost scrolls’ of the correctional ‘bible’: How early writings describing the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) rehabilitation model address contemporary RNR critiques. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Seattle, Washington).
Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., Ricks, E. P., **Avila, A., & **Castañeda, J. (2016, November). Risk-Need-Responsivity model meta-analysis: Does the Responsivity Principle uniquely contribute to reducing recidivism and treatment attrition? Paper presented at the annual conference of The American Society of Criminology (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Kang, T. & Eno Louden, J. (2016, March). Effect of cooperativeness of the parent on juvenile probation officer decision-making. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Atlanta, Georgia).
Zannella, L., Eno Louden, J., Kennealy, P., & Kang, T. (2016, March). Confirmatory factor analyses of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Inventory-Second Edition (MAYSI-2) among Latino adolescent offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Atlanta, Georgia).
Kang, T., **Russell, C., & Eno Louden, J. (2015, March). The social influence of crime: A exploration of women in the criminal justice system. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (San Diego, California).
Kang, T., Wood, J. M., Eno Louden, J., & Ricks, E. P. (2014, March). Prevalence of psychological disorders in a predominantly Hispanic sample of first-time juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Smith, B. A., Frankowski, S. D., Lupo, A. K., & Kang, T. (2014, February). Developing and testing a scale to measure Need for Drama. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Austin, Texas).
Kang, T., Perez, E., & Eno Louden, J. (2014, March). Correlates of subclinical bipolar disorders in a juvenile justice setting. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., & Ricks, E. P. (2013, March). Utility of the MAYSI-2 at identifying Axis I disorders among Hispanic juvenile offenders. In R. Morgan (Chair), Mental illness in criminal justice settings: Identifying needs and custodial concerns. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Portland, Oregon).
Kang, T. & Eno Louden, J. (2013, March). Displays of aggression in juvenile offenders with subclinical depression. In R. Morgan (Chair), Mental illness in criminal justice settings: Identifying needs and custodial concerns. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Portland, Oregon).
Kang, T., Kroner, D. G., & Eno Louden, J. (2012, March). Which female offenders ruminate about suicide? The subclinical comorbid missing link. Poster presented at the international conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
Kang, T. & Kroner, D. G. (2011, March). Subthreshold depression and suicidality in women offenders. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Miami, Florida).
Kang, T. & Kroner, D. G. (2010, November). Utilizing self-report measures of negative Affectivity to predict DSM-IV axis I Disorders. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology (San Francisco, California).
Publications
Kang, T., Lee, A., *Beltrani, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2022). Tracking dynamic intervention needs as a vehicle for mitigating risk among juveniles with sex offenses. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000375
(https://link.growkudos.com/1pnim9c85xc (1 minute summary of article))
Kang, T. (in press). The Lost Scrolls of the Correctional Bible: Before the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model. In P. Magaletta, M. Ternes, & M. Patry (Eds). The History and Future of Correctional Psychology. Springer.
Kang, T., *Green, A., *Akamani, B., & **Pinkston, K. (2022). Rural residents’ emotions, beliefs, and sources that influenced those beliefs regarding sex offender policies, practice, and the efficacy of treatment. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2562
Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., Worling, J., & Kang, T. (2020). Final report: Development and implementation project for the Youth Needs and Progress Scale (YNPS). Report prepared for Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference (2016-AW-BX-K004). https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/smart/grants/254814.pdf
Kang, T., *Beltrani, A., *Manheim, M., *Spriggs, S., *Nishimura, B., *Sinclair, S., *Stachniuk, M., *Pate, E., Righthand, S., Worling, J., & Prentky, R.A. (2019). Development of a risk / treatment needs & progress protocol for juveniles with sex offenses. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000191
Zannella, L., Eno Louden, J., Kennealy, P., & Kang, T. (2018). The generalizability of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Inventory-Second Version (MAYSI-2) to Latino adolescent offenders: A confirmatory factor analysis. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818774380
Kang, T., Wood, J. M., Eno Louden, J., & Ricks, E. P. (2017). Prevalence of internalizing, externalizing, and psychotic disorders among low-risk juvenile offenders. Psychological Services, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000152
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., Ricks, E. P., & Marquez, L. (2017). Utility of the MAYSI-2 at identifying mental disorder among Latino juvenile offenders. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000399
Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., Ricks, E. P., & Jones, R. L. (2015). Aggression, substance use disorder, and presence of a prior suicide attempt among juvenile offenders with subclinical depression. Law and Human Behavior, 39(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000145
Eno Louden, J. Manchak, S. & Kang, T. (2012). Probation. In R. Cautin & S. Lilenfeld (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kroner, D. G., Kang, T., Mills, J. F., Harris, A., & Green, M. M. (2011). Reliabilities, validities, and cutoff scores of the depression hopelessness suicide screening among women offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38, 779-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854811409004
Manuscripts Submitted for Publication
2. Adair, R., Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., & Perez, E. Pathways to crime: The voices of Latina women living on the U.S. -Mexico Border. Manuscript submitted for publication.
1. *Beltrani, A., Kang, T., Lee, A., McGrath, R., & Prentky, R. A. A classification system to guide treatment needs for juveniles who have engaged in abusive sexual behavior. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Manuscripts in Preparation
2. Kang, T., *Kuzmickus, D., & *Nation, R. Designing effective campaigns to drive criminal justice reform initiatives: Exploration of social influences and structural, learned, and enduring characteristics. Manuscript in preparation.
1. Kang, T., *Nation, R., & *Kuzmickus, D. Sources that fuel beliefs regarding the fictitional relationship between mental illness and crime. Manuscript in preparation.
Funded Projects
American Psychology-Law Society, APA Division 41, ECP Grant-in-Aid, $5,000 (awarded in December 2021)
Principal Investigator. Title: Peeking through the looking glass: A qualitative exploration of rural residents’ beliefs regarding marginalized criminal justice populations and scientists involved in criminal justice reform
College of Health & Human Sciences, $4,000 (awarded in May 2021)
Principal Investigator. Title: How perceptions of scientists’ trustworthiness affect rural residents’ beliefs about criminal justice policies?
University of Texas at El Paso, $1790 (awarded in 2015)
Principal Investigator. Title: Effect of Cooperativeness of the Parent on Juvenile Probation Officer Decision-Making
Presentations (undergraduate** / graduate* denotes student supervisee)
*Nation, R. & Kang T. (2023, March). Rural Residents’ Beliefs on Gun Control, the Relationship between Gun Violence & Mental Illness, & the Unique Pathway that Led to their Opinion: A Mixed Methods Approach. Data Blitz presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Philadelphia, PA).
Kang, T., *Nation, R., & *Kuzmickus, D. (2023, March). Exploration of Barriers to Re-Entry in the Southern Mississippi Delta Region. Data Blitz presented at the annual conference of American Psychcology-Law Society (Philadelphia, PA).
Kuzmckus, D. & Kang, T. (2023, March). Impact depends on reach: Exploration of rural residents’ misperceptions regarding justice-involved individuals with a mental illness. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Brussels, Belgium).
Kang, T. (2023, May). Rural residents’ emotions, beliefs, and sources that influenced those beliefs regarding sex offender policies, practice, and the efficacy of treatment. Paper accepted to the North America Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (Toronto, Canada).
Kang, T., Lee, A., *Beltrani, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2023, May). Tracking dynamic intervention needs as a vehicle for mitigating risk among juveniles with sex offenses. Paper accepted to the North America Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (Toronto, Canada).
*Beltrani, A., Kang, T., *Galeza, E., *Nation, R., McGrath, R., Lee, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2022, March). Taxonomic differences among juvenile sex offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Denver, Colorado).
Kang, T., *Green, A., *Akamani, B., *Parker, F., *Mercado, S., & **Pinkston, K. (2022, March). The effect of distrust in scientists on rural residents’ beliefs regarding marginalized groups. Poster presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Denver, Colorado).
*Akamani, B., **Pinkston, K., & Kang, T. (2021, March). With understanding comes change: Examination of rural residents’ attitudes and beliefs towards offenders with a mental disorder and sex offenders. Poster presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Virtual).
Kang, T., *Beltrani, A., *Manheim, M., Righthand, S., Worling, J. R., Lee, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2020, March). Development of a risk/treatment needs and progress protocol for juveniles with sex offenses. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans,Louisiana).
*Manheim, M., Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., & Kang, T. (2019, May). Addressing the treatment needs of youth with sexually abusive behavior. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (Washington, D.C.).
Prentky, R. A., Righthand, S., & Kang, T. (2018, March). The juvenile treatment progress scale development and implementation project. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Memphis, Tennessee).
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., Hutchins, E., **Ortega, X., & **Leos, B. (2018, March). Exploring the influence of mental illness on offending among women offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Memphis, Tennessee).
Righthand, S. & Kang, T. (2017, October). Assessing treatment needs and progress with youth who have sexually abused. Invited presentation at the annual conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Kansas City, Missouri).
Kang, T. & Lloyd, C. D. (2017, March). Re-visiting the ‘lost scrolls’ of the correctional ‘bible’: How early writings describing the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) rehabilitation model address contemporary RNR critiques. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Seattle, Washington).
Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., Ricks, E. P., **Avila, A., & **Castañeda, J. (2016, November). Risk-Need-Responsivity model meta-analysis: Does the Responsivity Principle uniquely contribute to reducing recidivism and treatment attrition? Paper presented at the annual conference of The American Society of Criminology (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Kang, T. & Eno Louden, J. (2016, March). Effect of cooperativeness of the parent on juvenile probation officer decision-making. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Atlanta, Georgia).
Zannella, L., Eno Louden, J., Kennealy, P., & Kang, T. (2016, March). Confirmatory factor analyses of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Inventory-Second Edition (MAYSI-2) among Latino adolescent offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Atlanta, Georgia).
Kang, T., **Russell, C., & Eno Louden, J. (2015, March). The social influence of crime: A exploration of women in the criminal justice system. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (San Diego, California).
Kang, T., Wood, J. M., Eno Louden, J., & Ricks, E. P. (2014, March). Prevalence of psychological disorders in a predominantly Hispanic sample of first-time juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Smith, B. A., Frankowski, S. D., Lupo, A. K., & Kang, T. (2014, February). Developing and testing a scale to measure Need for Drama. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Austin, Texas).
Kang, T., Perez, E., & Eno Louden, J. (2014, March). Correlates of subclinical bipolar disorders in a juvenile justice setting. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Eno Louden, J., Kang, T., & Ricks, E. P. (2013, March). Utility of the MAYSI-2 at identifying Axis I disorders among Hispanic juvenile offenders. In R. Morgan (Chair), Mental illness in criminal justice settings: Identifying needs and custodial concerns. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Portland, Oregon).
Kang, T. & Eno Louden, J. (2013, March). Displays of aggression in juvenile offenders with subclinical depression. In R. Morgan (Chair), Mental illness in criminal justice settings: Identifying needs and custodial concerns. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Portland, Oregon).
Kang, T., Kroner, D. G., & Eno Louden, J. (2012, March). Which female offenders ruminate about suicide? The subclinical comorbid missing link. Poster presented at the international conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
Kang, T. & Kroner, D. G. (2011, March). Subthreshold depression and suicidality in women offenders. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (Miami, Florida).
Kang, T. & Kroner, D. G. (2010, November). Utilizing self-report measures of negative Affectivity to predict DSM-IV axis I Disorders. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology (San Francisco, California).