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Hyunjung Cheon

Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice and Security Studies

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 111J
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Email: hcheon@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding: Office of Research and Sponsored Projects New Grant Award Recognition - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2022-09/30/2022)

Education

Ph D in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (2021)

Publications

Validating social control, self-control, and social learning constructs among a sample of youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations Crime & Delinquency (2023), Hyunjung Cheon, Charles M. Katz, Kayla R. Feemon.
Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations Island Studies Journal 18 1 (2023), Hyunjung Cheon, Kayla R. Freemon, Charles M. Katz.
Impact of Family-Based Secondary Prevention Programming on risk, resilience, and delinquency: A 6-month follow up within a randomized control trial in Honduras Justice Quarterly 39 6 (2022), Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon, Eric C. Hedberg, Scott H. Decker.

Presentations

Social Disorganization and Interpersonal Violene in a US/Mexico Border City (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Amanda J. Goodson, Hyunjung Cheon, Melissa A. Wholeben.
The Validation of a “Desire for a Low Profile” Scale (2024), Volume San Francisco, California , Hyunjung Cheon.
A Retrospective Study of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program: Do Peers and Family Matter? (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Danee Lee, Hyunjung Cheon.
Self-Legitimacy among Police Officers in South Korea. (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Hyunjung Cheon.
Does Parent-Child Relationship Intervene Smartphone Addiction through Reducing Stress and Negative Emotions? (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Hyunjung Cheon, Hyunin Baek, Danee Lee.
The Influence of Peer Influence and Parenting on Adolescent Drug Abuse: Evaluating the Drug Prevention Programs (2024), Volume virtual, Hyunjung Cheon.
Predicting Adverse Events and Evaluating the Effectiveness of EIS. (2024), Volume Phoenix, AZ., Charles M. Katz, Danielle Wallace, Hyunjung Cheon.
Exploring Interpersonal Violence Markers to Enhance an Emergency Department Nurse Training Program in Evidence Collection (2024), Volume Denver, Colorado, Melissa A. Wholeben, Amanda J. Goodson, Hyunjung Cheon, Robert McCreary, Gloria Salazar.
Utilizing GIS Mapping for Strategic Healthcare Responses to Trauma Among Interpersonal Violence (IV) Survivors (2024), Volume Denver, Colorado, Melissa A. Wholeben, Hyunjung Cheon, Amanda J. Goodson, Robert McCreary.
Forensic Evidence Collection Training based on Interpersonal Violence (IV) markers and ED Nurses’ Experiences. (2024), Volume Virutal, Melissa A. Wholeben, Amanda J. Goodson, Hyunjung Cheon, Robert McCreary, Gloria Salazar.
The influence of peer influence on adolescent drug abuse: Evaluating the drug prevention programs (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Danee Lee, Hyunjung Cheon.
Evaluating the Phoenix Police Department’s Early Intervention System: From the predictive validity of officer identification to the effectiveness of response (2024), Volume Chicago, IL., Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon, Danielle Wallace, Kayla Freemon.
The impact of supervisor presence on the outcome of police-civilian encounters. (2024), Volume Chicago, IL. , Jessie Huff, Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon, Danielle Wallace, Kayla Freemon.
Police use of force during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA., Sungil Han, Hyunin Baek, Hyunjung Cheon.
Defining a gang in the English-speaking Caribbean (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Charles Katz, Hyunjung Cheon.
The Victim-Offender Overlap in the English-speaking Caribbean (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Hyunjung Cheon.
Initial Results of the Y-RIE Validation Exercise for the Development of a Risk Assessment Tool (2023), Volume St. Lucia, Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon.
Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency among youth in three Caribbean nations (2022), Volume Atlanta, GA., Hyunjung Cheon, Kayla R. Freemon, Charles M. Katz.
Life domains, constraints, motivation, and the immigration-crime link (2022), Volume Atlanta, GA., Egbert Zavala, Hyunjung Cheon.
Improving the accuracy of EIS officer identification through data-driven methods (2022), Volume Anaheim, CA., Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon.
Police misconduct and the U.S. 2020 Election: A preliminary comparison of officer gender and race differences (2022), Volume Honolulu, HI, Kayla R. Freemon, Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon.

Grants

Phoenix Police Department’s Early Intervention System SMART Policing (07/07/2023 - 03/31/2025) - BJA
USAID YOUTH RESILIENCE TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN ACTIVITY (10/01/2022 - 12/31/2024) - ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (UNIV)

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	16095
Fall 2025	CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement	16790
Fall 2025	INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.	13160

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	16095
Fall 2025	INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.	13160
Spring 2025	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	25408	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	17494	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System	16499	Syllabus
Spring 2024	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	23226	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement	15810	Syllabus
Fall 2023	INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.	14211	Syllabus
Summer 2023	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	33510	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	23569	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	21037	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	16962	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System	17155	Syllabus
Summer 2022	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	33955	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	27024	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	28548	Syllabus
Fall 2021	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	18028	Syllabus
Fall 2021	CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement	18067	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	25408	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	17494	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System	16499	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	23226	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement	15810	Evaluation
Fall 2023	INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.	14211	Evaluation
Summer 2023	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	33510	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	23569	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	21037	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	16962	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System	17155	Evaluation
Summer 2022	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	33955	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	27024	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention	28548	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ	18028	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement	18067	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding: Office of Research and Sponsored Projects New Grant Award Recognition - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2022-09/30/2022)

Ph D in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (2021)

Publications

Validating social control, self-control, and social learning constructs among a sample of youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations Crime & Delinquency (2023), Hyunjung Cheon, Charles M. Katz, Kayla R. Feemon.
Legal socialization, perceptions of the police, and delinquency in three Caribbean nations Island Studies Journal 18 1 (2023), Hyunjung Cheon, Kayla R. Freemon, Charles M. Katz.
Impact of Family-Based Secondary Prevention Programming on risk, resilience, and delinquency: A 6-month follow up within a randomized control trial in Honduras Justice Quarterly 39 6 (2022), Charles M. Katz, Hyunjung Cheon, Eric C. Hedberg, Scott H. Decker.

Presentations

Social Disorganization and Interpersonal Violene in a US/Mexico Border City (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Amanda J. Goodson, Hyunjung Cheon, Melissa A. Wholeben.
The Validation of a “Desire for a Low Profile” Scale (2024), Volume San Francisco, California , Hyunjung Cheon.
A Retrospective Study of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program: Do Peers and Family Matter? (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Danee Lee, Hyunjung Cheon.
Self-Legitimacy among Police Officers in South Korea. (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Hyunjung Cheon.
Does Parent-Child Relationship Intervene Smartphone Addiction through Reducing Stress and Negative Emotions? (2024), Volume San Francisco, California, Hyunjung Cheon, Hyunin Baek, Danee Lee.

Phoenix Police Department’s Early Intervention System SMART Policing (07/07/2023 - 03/31/2025) BJA
USAID YOUTH RESILIENCE TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN ACTIVITY (10/01/2022 - 12/31/2024) ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (UNIV)

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

16095

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement

Section

16790

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.

Section

13160

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

16095

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.

Section

13160

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

25408

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

17494

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System

Section

16499

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

23226

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement

Section

15810

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.

Section

14211

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

33510

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

23569

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

21037

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

16962

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System

Section

17155

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

33955

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

27024

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

28548

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

18028

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement

Section

18067

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

25408

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

17494

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System

Section

16499

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

23226

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement

Section

15810

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

INSS 2304 - Statistics for Security Stud.

Section

14211

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

33510

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

23569

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

21037

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

16962

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRIJ 5339 - Race Ethnicity in CJ System

Section

17155

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

33955

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

27024

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRIJ 3311 - Crime Control & Prevention

Section

28548

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJ

Section

18028

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRIJ 5322 - Sem Policing Law Enforcement

Section

18067

Evaluation

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