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In reply to the discussion: No Time For Crime: More Religious Communities Have Lower Rates Of Black, White and Latino Violence [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)39. No, I'm not
That religiosity has no deterrent effect on crime was the conclusion of the previous paper I cited:
This paper provides new evidence regarding the effect of religiosity on crime rates. Previous research has empirically tested causal models of religiosity and crime using OLS regressions. Using a cross‐sectional county‐level data set from the year 2000, I am able to generate findings similar to those of a number of past sociological and economic studies that find a negative and significant relationship between religious adherence and crime. A simple model of crime and religiosity suggests, however, that OLS estimation in this context will be biased and inconsistent because of the endogeneity of religious participation. Using historic rates of religious adherence as an instrument, I estimate the model using 2SLS estimation and compare the results to OLS estimation. For most categories of crime, religious adherence is negatively affected by increases in crime rates, which leads OLS estimates to be biased toward a finding that religion reduces the incidence of crime. Controlling for endogeneity, I find no statistically significant relationship between religious adherence and property crime or violent crime. There is some evidence that religion may encourage crime in areas with greater population or few religious adherents.
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No Time For Crime: More Religious Communities Have Lower Rates Of Black, White and Latino Violence [View all]
cbayer
Dec 2013
OP
Do they identity as religious once they are arrested and incarcerated or before that?
cbayer
Dec 2013
#4
So when compared with other countries that are similar in other major socioeconomic factors,
trotsky
Dec 2013
#7
I believe what you're asking was never actually a claim made by the person you're replying to.
eqfan592
Dec 2013
#24
What is the source for your claim that the 0.07% includes unaffiliated believers?
Jim__
Dec 2013
#33
First, you're trying to compare apples and oranges without full access to either.
Jim__
Dec 2013
#38
If you're going to continue stuffing words in my mouth, this is going to get rather pointless
Act_of_Reparation
Dec 2013
#44
Interestingly, if you look at previous studies published by this David Briggs fellow...
trotsky
Dec 2013
#17
...his results are internally consistent, so he must be doctoring them?
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2013
#18