Religion and its effects on crime and delinquency

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Butts III, Calvin O ^a   Stefano, George B ^a   Fricchione, Gregory L ^b   Salamon, Elliott ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Crime; Delinquency; Religion

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW;

CRIME; CULTURE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0141818274     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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