Hoan N. Bui

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Current Research

My research interests include: 1) Intimate-partner violence; 2) immigration, crime, and victimization; 3) women’s re-entry. For intimate violence, I explore the social context of women's experiences of and reactions to domestic abuse, with an emphasis on the social construction of gender, socioeconomic conditions, racial/ethnic relations, immigration resettlement, and domestic violence interventions and policies. My research project on immigration, crime, and victimization seeks understandings of how race/ethnicity, immigration experiences, class, and gender shape the experiences of crime and victimization. The project on women’s re-entry focuses on the social and economic consequences of incarceration as well as barriers to social integration experienced by female ex-offenders.

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

Bui, H. N. (forthcoming, 2010). Crime and Punishment in Vietnam. In D. Chu & H. Haye (Eds.), Crime and Punishment Around the World (Volume 4). Greenwood Press.

Bui, H. N. (forthcoming, 2009). Immigration and Crime. In M. Miller (Ed.), 21th Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook. Sage Publishers. 

Bui, H. N. (2009). Parent-child conflicts, school troubles, and delinquency among immigrants. Crime & Delinquency ,55,  1412-1441.

Bui, N. H. & Morash, M. (2008). Immigration, masculinity, and intimate-partner violence. Feminist Criminology, 3, 191-225. 

Morash, M. & Bui, H. N. (2008). The Connection of U.S. Best Practices to Outcomes for Abused Vietnamese-American Women. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 32, 221-243.

Morash, M., Bui, H. N, Steven, T. & Zhang, Y. (2008). Getting Out of Harm’s Way: One Year Outcomes for Abused Women in a Vietnamese Immigrant Enclave. Violence Against Women, 14, 1413-1430.

Bui, H. N. & Merry, M. (2007).  Human capital, social capital, and women's responses to domestic violence. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, 20 (4), 375-390.

Morash, M., Bui, H. N., Zhang, Y. & Holfreter, K. (2007).  Risk factors for Vietnamese-American immigrant women’s being in abusive relationships.  Violence Against Women, 13, 653-675.   

Bui, H. N. (2006). The limitations of current approach to domestic violence. In Roslyn Muraskin (Ed.), It’s a Crime: Women and Justice - Fourth Edition (pp. 261-276). Prentice Hall. 

Bui, H. N. & Thongniramol, O. (2005).  Immigration and self-reported delinquency: The interplay of immigration status, gender, race and ethnicity. Criminal Justice Studies, 28, 79-100.

Bui, H. N. (2005). Perceptions of intimate violence and attitudes toward criminal justice interventions: The role of acculturation. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 3, 1-27.

Recent Conference Papers

Bui, H. N. (2009). Segmented Assimilation and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Immigration Status and Delinquency. Paper presented at the Paradox of Assimilation Conference. Brown University (Providence, RI). March 5-7, 2009. 

Bui, H. N., Kim, J. & Keeton, R. (2009). Immigration Status and Criminal Justice Outcomes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco. August 5-7, 2009.

Bui, H. N. & Price, Carmel (2008). Social Capital and Women’s Post-Incarceration Adjustment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis (Missouri), November 2008.

Bui, H. N.  & Zhang, Y. (2007) Race, immigration adaptation, and violent delinquency. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, November 2007.

Zhang, Y. & Bui, N. H. (2007). Community characteristics, immigration status, and delinquency.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, November 2007.

Presser, L. & Bui, H. N. (2007). A feminist criminology of men. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, November 2007.

Contact Information

Hoan N. Bui
Associate Professor
Ph.D.,2001 Michigan State University

The University of Tennessee
908 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

Phone: 865-974-7020
E-Mail: hbui@utk.edu