RT Article
T1 Religious identity and delinquency: comparing Muslim, Christian and non-religious adolescents in the United Kingdom
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 4
SP 857
OP 876
A1 Seto, Christopher H.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1807575799
AB The relationship between religion and delinquency is shaped by sociocultural context, but little research has explored the relationship for non-Christian religions outside of the United States. This study advances existing scholarship by comparing the crime and illicit substance use of 9,772 Muslim, Christian and non-religious adolescents in the United Kingdom. The Karlson, Holm, Breen (KHB) method is used to explore underlying mechanisms. Results show that Muslims engage in the least delinquency, followed by Christians, while non-religious adolescents engage in the most delinquency. Religious involvement is especially protective for Muslim adolescents. These findings refute a pervasive public perception of Muslim identity as ‘risky’. KHB results reveal that educational motivation and parental supervision underlie religious group differences in delinquency.
K1 Delinquency
K1 Millennium Cohort Study
K1 Religion
K1 United Kingdom
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab100