This review aims to delineate the role of structural racism in the formation and accumulation
of social capital and to describe how social capital is leveraged and used differently …

A well-established body of research finds that racial resentment predicts support for punitive
criminal justice policy. This article links racial resentment with punitiveness, expanding the …

Neighborhood organizations are important aspects of the urban landscape that are
increasingly being studied in relationship to crime. However, the neighborhood mechanisms …

Objectives To examine the link between an individual's religious involvement in prison and
recidivism and assess how macro-level conditions in the counties to which individuals return …

Abstract In the United States, hate crimes that are motivated by religious bias
disproportionately impact minoritized religious groups. This study investigates religious …

In 2011, Dr. James Unnever and Dr. Shaun Gabbidon introduced a Theory of African
American Offending, which posits that African American offending is motivated in part by …

Background Suicide and alcohol use disorders (AUD) have high public health and
economic costs. We investigate the relationship between religious features that are external …

The current study focuses on criminal incidents reported to the National Incident Based
Reporting System for the state of Arkansas, USA, in 2016. Arkansas law enforcement …

Since the late 1990s, deaths related to drug and alcohol abuse and suicide have increased
substantially in the United States. Religious ecology is an important community attribute with …

Abstract The African American church's (historically referred to as the" Black Church”)
significance and role in the history of the African American culture, life, experiences, and …