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Xiaogang Deng, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Telephone: 617-287-6259
  • Fax: 617-287-6288
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,04,00006

Areas of Expertise

Research Methods, Recidivism Study, Comparative Criminology, and Official Corruption in China

Degrees

PhD, SUNY Buffalo

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Hartwell, Stephanie W., Xiaogang Deng, William Fisher, Julianne Siegfriedt, Kristen Roy-Bujnowski, Craig Johnson, and Carl Fulwiler. Forthcoming, 2013. “Predictors of Accessing Substance Abuse Services Among Individuals with Mental Disorders Released from Correctional Custody,” Journal of Dual Diagnosis.

  • Hartwell, Stephanie, Xiaogang Deng, William Fisher, Carl Fulwiler, Debra Pinals, and Usha Sambamoorthi. 2011. “Harmonizing Databases: Research Notes on an Evaluation of a Public Mental Health Re-entry Program in Massachusetts.” Corrections and Mental Health: An Update of the National Institute of Corrections.

  • Deng, Xiaogang, and Lening Zhang and Andrea Leverentz. 2010. “Official Corruption During China’s Economic Transition: Historical Patterns, Characteristics, and Government Reactions.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice vol. 26 (1): 72-88.

  • Deng, Xiaogang. 2009. “Using Network Analysis to Explore Patterns of Corruption.” Sociological Focus. Vol. 42 (3): 276-84.

  • Deng, Xiaogang and Lening Zhang. 2009. "China's Cultural Export and Its Surging Cultural Power in the World." Pp 106-121, in Mingjiang Li (Edit). China's Soft Power in the Contemporary World. Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield.

  • Hartwell, Stephanie, William Fisher and Xiaogang Deng. 2009. "The Impact of Regionalization on Reentry Service Outcomes for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness" Psychiatric Services. Vol. 60 (3):394-397.

  • Deng, Xiaogang, and Lening Zhang and Andrea Leverentz. 2009. “The Dual System of Land Use Policy and Its Related Problems in Contemporary China.” Pp 79-102 In Jennifer Hsu and Reza Hasmath (Edit). China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors. Palgrave Macmillan Press.

  • Deng, Xiaogang and Lening Zhang. 2008. “The Historical Patterns of Occupational Attainment of Racial Minorities in Massachusetts: An Analysis of the 1974-2002 Current Population Survey Data.” Social Science Journal. Vol. 45 (3):476-96

Additional Information

View Professor Deng's Curriculum Vitae

Current Research

Evaluation of recidivism in parole in Massachusetts and interview parolees to obtain their parole experiences in re-entry process; quantitative analysis of re-entry of ex-inmates with psychiatric disabilities; and study social inequality and official corruption in China.