@article{ref1,
title="Low self-control and the religiosity-crime relationship",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2012",
author="Reisig, Michael D. and Wolfe, Scott E. and Pratt, Travis C.",
volume="39",
number="9",
pages="1172-1191",
abstract="Two arguments have been advanced regarding the effect of low self-control on the religiosity-crime relationship. The first holds that self-control explains both religiosity and criminal offending (the confounding hypothesis), whereas the second posits that religiosity promotes self-control and indirectly affects antisocial behavior (the mediation hypothesis). Both hypotheses predict that the observed effect of religiosity on criminal offending is a spurious result of individual variations in self-control. With cross-sectional survey data from a university-based sample of 769 adult participants, the regression models indicate that the effect of religiosity on self-reported criminal offending is no different from zero after controlling for low self-control. This finding is observed when different religiosity measures are used. Religiosity did, however, predict minor crimes characterized by personal indulgence (i.e., ascetic offenses) independent of low self-control. KW: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854812442916",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854812442916"
}