Because society is increasingly secular, it may seem irrelevant to consider the psychology of
religion. But the diversity of our multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society in fact makes religion …

This meta-analysis explores the long-standing and heavily debated question of whether
religiosity is associated with prosocial and antisocial behavior at the individual level. In an …

Folklore has a critical role as a cultural transmitter, all the while being a socially accepted
medium for the expressions of culturally contradicting wishes and conducts. In this study of …

In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough
description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior …

The first chapter introduces theoretical and methodological aspects of criminal justice
research, outlines the steps involved in the research process, and examines the selection …

Do religious beliefs and behaviors deter criminal behavior? The existing evidence
surrounding the effect of religion on crime is varied, contested, and inconclusive, and …

The intention of this paper is to analyze religiosity as a factor that potentially affects tax
morale. For this purpose, a multivariate analysis has been done with data from the World …

This study reexamines the relevance of religiosity to the etiology of delinquency, given the
inconsistent and inconclusive evidence found in the literature. Like previous researchers …

In this paper, we evaluate the Five Factor Theory (FFT; McCrae & Costa, 1999) and Social
Investment (Helson, Kwan, John, & Jones, 2002; Roberts & Wood, in press) explanations of …

DOI: 10.4324/9781315805610-4 Over the last several decades, a coherent picture has
emerged from numerous longitudinal studies concerning the nature of personality …