RT Article
T1 Religion in civil society: the influence of black religious ecology on crime in the South
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 37
IS 1
SP 73
OP 99
A1 Thomson, Bob
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760650412
AB The civil society perspective predicts that civic and voluntary organizations promote the welfare of communities by enhancing social capital and cohesion. Here, I examine whether black Protestant churches, because of their dual emphasis on personal piety and social justice, function as agents of civil society in the southern United States by reducing crime, and whether structural context moderates the relationship between black religious ecology and crime.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 97-99
K1 Race
K1 Structural disadvantage
K1 religious ecology
K1 crime rates
K1 Civil society perspective
DO 10.1007/s10940-019-09444-7