A Systematic Review of the Religiosity and Delinquency Literature

By Byron R. Johnson, Spencer De Li, D. Larson, M. McCullough. 2000

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Who Benefits from Religion? (2011, background): “…societal level, higher religious involvement is related to increased levels of education (Gruber 2005), lower crime rates (Baier and Wright 2001; Johnson et al. 2000), increases in civic involvement (Putnam 2000; Ruiter and De Graaf 2006), higher levels of cooperation (Norenzayan and Shariff…”
Improved street lighting and crime prevention (2002, background): “It is beyond the scope of this article to discuss all the features of systematic reviews, but interested readers should consult key reports on the topic (see, e.g., Farr ington & Petrosino, 2000; Farrington & Welsh, 2001; Johnson et al., 2000).”
Religiosity and consumer behavior: a summarizing review (2019, background): “Review articles about religiosity have dealt with its relationship to outcomes like health (Seeman, Dubin, and Seeman 2003), sexual behavior (Rostosky et al. 2004), delinquency (Johnson et al. 2000), and ethics (Vitell 2009).”
Religion, Delinquency, and Drug Use (2015, methodology): “…because they are more attached to their parents, more committed to educational goals, more conventional in moral beliefs, and less likely to have delinquent or drug-using friends than their nonreligious peers (Jang & Johnson, 2001; Johnson et al., 2001; Johnson et al., 2000a; Regnerus, 2003).”