Workman, Kim. Recent Research Supporting the Underlying Theories of APAC-Based Prisons.

The study of religion in criminology is at last receiving scholarly attention. There is developing a consistency in the findings, especially with those more significant studies of the relationship between religion and crime. In a recent and important study, Evans et al conclude, “Among our religiosity measures, participation in religious activities was a persistent and non-contingent inhibitor of adult crime”. These results are consistent with other published research showing that religion has similar benefits in other areas of impulse control or deviance, such as drug and alcohol abuse.

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