Adolescent Delinquency

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 265-282

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Church Attendance; Delinquent Behavior; Moral Community; Religious Involvement; Social Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149122198     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23789-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

References (80)

1. Adams, C. F. (1994). Fighting crime by building moral communities. The Christian Century, 111, 894–896.
2. Amey, C. H., Albrecht, S. L., & Miller, M. K. (1996). Racial differences in adolescent drug use: The impact of religion. Substance Use & Misuse, 31, 1311–1332.
3. Bahr, S. J., Hawks, R. D., & Wang, G. (1993). Family and religious influences on adolescent substance abuse. Youth & Society, 24, 443–465.
4. Bahr, S. J., Maughan, S. L., Marcos, A. C., & Li, B. (1998). Family, religiosity, and the risk of adolescent drug use. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, 979–992.
5. Baier, C. J., & Wright, B.R.E. (2001). “If you love me, keep my commandments”: A meta-analysis of the effect of religion on crime. Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, 38, 3–21.
6. Bainbridge, W. S. (1989). The religious ecology of deviance. American Sociological Review, 54, 288–295.
7. “Baltimore churches in slugfest over ‘faith-based’ program.” (2001). Church & State, 54, 18–19.
8. Bartkowski, J. P., & Ellison, C. G. (1995). Divergent perspectives on childrearing in popular manuals: Conservative Protestants vs. the mainstream experts. Sociology of Religion, 56, 21–34.
9. Benda, B. B. (2002). Religion and violent offenders in boot camp: A structural equation model. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 39, 91–121.
10. Benda, B. B., & Corwyn, R. F. (2000). A test of the validity of delinquency syndrome construct in a homogeneous sample. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 497–511.
11. Benda, B. B., & Corwyn, R. F. (1997). A test of a model with reciprocal effects between religiosity and various forms of delinquency using 2-stage least squares regression. Journal of Social Service Research, 22, 27–52.
12. Benda, B. B., & Corwyn, R. F. (1997). Religion and delinquency: The relationship after considering family and peer influences. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36, 81–92.
13. Brown, T. L., Parks, G. S., Zimmerman, R. S., & Phillips, C. M. (2001). The role of religion in predicting adolescence alcohol use and problem drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 96–705.
14. Burkett, S. R. (1980). Religiosity, beliefs, normative standards and adolescent drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 41, 662–671.
15. Burkett, S. R. (1993). Perceived parents’ religiosity, friends’ drinking, and hellfire: A panel study of adolescent drinking. Review of Religious Research, 35, 134–154.
16. Burkett, S. R., & White, M. (1974). Hellfire and delinquency: Another look. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 13, 455–462.
17. Cochran, J. K. (1992). The effects of religiosity on adolescent self-reported frequency of drug and alcohol use. Journal of Drug Issues, 22, 91–104.
18. Cochran, J. K. (1993). The variable effects of religiosity and denomination on adolescent self-reported alcohol use by beverage type. The Journal of Drug Issues, 23, 479–491.
19. Cochran, J. K., & Akers, R. L. (1989). Beyond hellfire: An exploration of the variable effects of religiosity on adolescent marijuana and alcohol use. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 26, 198–225.
20. Cochran, J. K., Wood, P. B., & Arneklev, B. J. (1994). Is the religiosity-delinquency relationship spurious? A test of arousal and social control theories. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 31, 92–123.
21. Corwyn, R. F., & Benda, B. B. (2000). Religiosity and church attendance: The effects on use of “hard drugs” controlling for sociodemographic and theoretical factors. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 10, 241–258.
22. Curry, T. R. (1996). Conservative Protestantism and the perceived wrongfulness of crimes. Criminology, 34, 453–464.
23. Dudley, R. L. (1999). Youth religious commitment over time: A longitudinal study of retention. Review of Religious Research, 41, 110–121.
24. Durkheim, E. (1951). Suicide. New York: Free Press. (Original work published 1897)
25. Elder, G.H., Jr., Caspi, A., & Downey, G. (1986). Problem behavior and family relationships: Life course and intergenerational themes. In A.B. Sorensen, F.E. Weinert, & L.R. Sherrod (Eds.), Human development and the life course: Multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 293–340). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
26. Elder, G. H., Jr., & Conger, R. D. (2000). Children of the land: Adversity and success. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
27. Elifson, K. W., Peterson, D. M., & Hadaway, C. K. (1983). Religiosity and delinquency: A contextual analysis. Criminology, 21, 505–527.
28. Ellis, L. (2002). Denominational differences in self-reported delinquency. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 35, 187–200.
29. Ellis, L., & Thompson, R. (1989). Relating religion, crime, arousal and boredom. Sociology and Social Research, 73, 132–139.
30. Ellison, C. G., Burr, J. A., & McCall, P. L. (1997). Religious homogeneity and metropolitan suicide rates. Social Forces, 76, 273–299.
31. Ellison, C. G., & George, L. K. (1994). Religious involvement, social ties, and social support in a Southeastern community. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 33, 46–61.
32. Ellison, C. G., & Sherkat, D. E. (1993). Obedience and autonomy: Religion and parental values reconsidered. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 32, 313–329.
33. Foshee, V. A., & Hollinger, B. R. (1996). Maternal religiosity, adolescent social bonding, and adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Early Adolescence, 16, 451–468.
34. Furstenberg, F. F., Jr., Cook, T. D., Eccles, J., Elder, G. H., Jr., & Samsroff, A. (1999). Managing to make it: Urban families and adolescent Success. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
35. Forthun, L. F., Bell, N. J., Peek, C. W., & Sun, S. W. (1999). Religiosity, sensation-seeking, and alcohol/drug use in denominational and gender contexts. Journal of Drug Issues, 29, 75–90.
36. Foshee, V. A., & Hollinger, B. R. (1996). Maternal religiosity, adolescent social bonding, and adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Early Adolescence, 16, 451–468.
37. Gorsuch, R. L. (1995). Religious aspects of substance abuse and recovery. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 65–83.
38. Gottfredson, M. R., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A general theory of crime. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
39. Harris, M. A. (2003). Religiosity and perceived future ascetic deviance and delinquency among Mormon adolescents: Testing the “this-worldly” supernatural sanctions thesis. Sociological Inquiry, 73, 28–51.
40. Heath, A., Madden, P., Grant, J. D., McLaughlin, T. L., Todorov, A. A., & Bucholz, K. K. (1999). Resiliency factors protecting against teenage alcohol use and smoking: influences of religion, religious involvement and values, and ethnicity in the Missouri adolescent female twin study. Twin Research, 2, 145–155.
41. Higgins, P. C., & Albrecht, G. L. (1977). Hellfire and delinquency revisited. Social Forces, 55, 952–958.
42. Hirschi, T., & Stark, R. (1969). Hellfire and delinquency. Social Problems, 17, 202–213.
43. Jang, S. J., & Johnson, B. R. (2001). Neighborhood disorder, individual religiosity, and adolescent use of illicit drugs: A test of multilevel hypotheses. Criminology, 39, 109–143.
44. Johnson, B. R., Jang, S. J., Larson, D. B., & Li, S. D. (2001). Does adolescent religious commitment matter? A reexamination of the effects of religiosity on delinquency. Journal for Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38, 22–43.
45. Johnson, B. R., Li, S. D., Larson, D. B., & McCullough, M. (2000). A systematic review of the religiosity and delinquency literature. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 16, 32–52.
46. Junger, M., & Polder, W. (1993). Religiosity, religious climate, and delinquency among ethnic groups in the Netherlands. British Journal of Criminology, 33, 416–435.
47. Kandel, D. B. (1980). Drug and drinking behavior among youth. Annual Review of Sociology, 6, 235–285.
48. Luczak, S. E., Corbett, K., Oh, C., Carr, L. G., & Wall, T. L. (2003). Religious influences on heavy episodic drinking in Chinese-American and Korean-American college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 467–471.
49. Martin, T., Kirkcaldy, B., & Siefen, G. (2003). Antecedents of adult wellbeing: Adolescent religiosity and health. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18, 453–470.
50. Mason, W. A., & Windle, M. (2001). A longitudinal study of the effects of religiosity on adolescent alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17, 346–363.
51. Meier, A. M. (2003). Adolescents’ transition to first intercourse, religiosity, and attitudes about sex. Social Forces, 81, 1031–1052.
52. Middleton, R., & Putney, S. (1962). Religion, normative standards and behavior. Sociometry, 25, 141–152.
53. Miller, L., Davies, M., & Greenwald, S. (2000). Religiosity and substance use and abuse among adolescents in the national comorbidity survey. Journal for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 1190–1197.
54. Nagin, D. S., & Paternoster, R. (1991). On the relationship of past to future participation in delinquency. Criminology, 29, 163–189.
55. Pearce, L. D., & Haynie, D. L. (2004). Intergenerational religious dynamics and adolescent delinquency. Social Forces, 82(4), 1553–1572.
56. Peek, C. W., Curry, E. W., & Chalfant, H. P. (1985). Religiosity and delinquency over time: Deviance deterrence and deviance amplification. Social Science Quarterly, 66, 120–131.
57. Perkins, W. H. (1985). Religious traditions, parents, and peers as determinants of alcohol and drug use among college students. Review of Religious Research, 27, 15–31.
58. Perkins, W. H. (1987). Parental religion and alcohol use problems as intergenerational predictors of problem drinking among college youth. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 26, 340–357.
59. Pescosolido, B. A. (1990). The social context of religious integration and suicide: Pursuing a network explanation. Sociological Quarterly, 31, 337–357.
60. Powell, K. B. (1997). Correlates of violent and nonviolent behavior among vulnerable inner city youths. Family and Community Health, 20, 38–47.
61. Pullen, L., Modrcin-Talbott, M. A., West, W. R., & Muenchen, R. (1999). Spiritual high vs. high on spirits: Is religiosity related to adolescent alcohol and drug abuse? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 6, 3–8.
62. Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon & Schuster.
63. Raleigh, K. (2003). Dry and devout or wet and wild? A regional geographic challenge of correlating religious presence with alcoholic laws. Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science, 112.
64. Regnerus, M. D. (2003a). Linked lives, faith, and behavior: An intergenerational model of religious influence on adolescent delinquency. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42, 189–203.
65. Regnerus, M. D. (2003b). Moral communities and adolescent delinquency: Religious contexts and community social control. Sociological Quarterly, 44, 523–554.
66. Regnerus, M. D. (2003c). Religion and positive adolescent outcomes: A review of research and theory. Review of Religious Research, 44, 394–413.
67. Regnerus, M. D. (2002). Friends’ influence on adolescent theft and minor delinquency: A developmental test of peer-reported effects. Social Science Research, 31, 681–705.
68. Regnerus, M. D. (2000). Shaping schooling success: A multi-level study of religious socialization and educational outcomes in urban public schools. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 39, 363–370.
69. Regnerus, M. D., & Burdette, A. (2003, October). Religion and adolescent family well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Norfolk.
70. Romer, D., Jamieson, K. H., & Aday, S. (2003). Television news and the cultivation of fear of crime. Journal of Communication, 53, 88–104.
71. Schreck, C. J., Miller, J. M., & Gibson, C. L. (2003). Trouble in the school yard: A study of the risk factors of victimization at school. Crime & Delinquency, 49, 460–484.
72. Sampson, R. J., & Groves, W. B. (1989). Community structure and crime: Testing social-disorganization theory. American Journal of Sociology, 94, 774–802.
73. Simcha-Fagan, O., & Schwartz, J. E. (1986). Neighborhood and delinquency: An assessment of contextual effects. Criminology, 24, 667–703.
74. “Staffer at ‘faith-based’ juvenile home in Texas found guilty of abuse.” (2001). Church & State, 54, 18.
75. Stark, R. (1996). Religion as context: Hellfire and delinquency one more time. Sociology of Religion, 57, 163–173.
76. Stark, R., & Bainbridge, W. S. (1996). Religion, deviance, and social control. New York: Routledge.
77. Stark, R., Kent, L., & Doyle, D. P. (1982). Religion and delinquency: The ecology of a ‘lost’ relationship. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 19, 4–24.
78. Tittle, C. R., & Welch, M. R. (1983). Religiosity and deviance: Toward a contingency theory of constraining effects. Social Forces, 61, 653–682.
79. Welch, M. R., Tittle, C. R., & Petee, T. (1991). Religion and deviance among adult Catholics: A test of the “moral communities” hypothesis. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 159–172.
80. Winship, C., & Berrien, J. (1999). Boston cops and black churches. The Public Interest, 136, 52.