RELIGION AND DELINQUENCY IN THE CONTEXT OF RACE AND PLACE

This investigation examined the interaction between religion, race and urbanicity and their influence on delinquency. A sample of youth respondents ages 13-17 was drawn from ICPSR archival National Youth Survey data (Wave III) to examine the effect of these three independent variables on various forms of delinquent behavior

Contents

Chapter 1: Literature Review
The Religion-Crime Relationship
Religion as Social Control
Operationalizing Religion
Issues of Race and Place
Religion and Race
Place Effects on Religion
Impact on Delinquency
Race, Place and Religion
Purpose of Study
Chapter 2: Methods
Data
Design
Inclusion Criteria
Sample
Measurement
Dependent Variable
Independent Variables
Control Variables
Analysis Strategy
Chapter 3: Findings
Bivariate Results
Multivariate Results
Chapter 4: Discussion
Limitations
Conclusion
Appendix
References

Author: Witten, Dell-Autumn

Source: University of Maryland

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