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Religion as Context: Hellfire and Delinquency One More Time

Stark, Rodney·1996·Sociology of Religion

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More than 10 years ago the author proposed a contextual-interactional explanation of the fact that research done on the West Coast fails to find a relationship between religious commitment and delinquency, while studies done elsewhere invariably find a strong negatit)e correlation. Unfortunately, because of various deficiencies, subsequent studies that claimed to test the contextual explanation have not done so-leaving the literature more confused than ever. In an effort to clarify matters, this paper carefully restates the contextual thee and then tests it on data from a ve7y large survey of high school seniors. The results demonstrate the erastence of a very potent contextual effect.

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Authors: Stark, R.
Affiliations: University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author: Stark, Rodney
Venue: Sociology of Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 1996
Volume: 57
Issue: 2
Pages: 163
ISSN: 1069-4404 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2307/3711948
OpenAlex: W2163430099
Cited by: 449
References: 10
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 21
FWCI: 8.31
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Sociology of Religion (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords: religious commitment, delinquency, hellfire, contextual effects, high school seniors, juvenile delinquency

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