Is Being "Spiritual" Enough Without Being Religious? A Study Of Violent And Property Crimes Among Emerging Adults

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 595-627

  Jang, Sung Joon ^a   Franzen, Aaron B ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Property crime; Religiousness; Spirituality; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881613183     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12013     Document Type: Article

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