RT Article
T1 Working for god: religion and occupational crime and deviance
JF Deviant behavior
VO 44
IS 2
SP 159
OP 174
A1 Desmond, Scott A.
A2 Rorie, Melissa 1981-
A2 Sohoni, Tracy WP
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1856404250
AB Although previous research suggests that many dimensions of religion (e.g., religious service attendance, importance of religion) are significantly related to juvenile delinquency and substance use, fewer studies have examined the relationship between religiosity and adult crime, particularly white-collar crimes. Based on Wave 4 of the Baylor Religion Survey, we used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression to determine if religiosity reduces occupational crime and deviance due to feelings of work as a vocational calling which we hypothesized would increase job satisfaction and affective commitment to work. We find that people who attend religious services more frequently are significantly less likely to engage In occupational crime and deviance, but importance of religion is not significantly related to occupational crime or deviance. Contrary to our expectations, vocational calling, job satisfaction, and affective commitment do not explain the relationship between religious service attendance and occupational crime and deviance. Our research suggests future research is warranted to better understand the relationship between religion and adult crime, particularly white-collar crime, and the possible mediating factors that may explain this relationship.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 172-174
K1 Religion
K1 Kriminalität
K1 White Collar Crime
K1 Zusammenhang
DO 10.1080/01639625.2021.2022968