DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11194-006-9020-5
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Religious Affiliations Among Adult Sexual Offenders
Other Titles:	Sex Abuse
Authors:	Eshuys, Donna Smallbone, Stephen
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Springer US
Citation:	No 3 Vol.: 18
Notes:	This article examines associations between self-reported religious affiliations and official offense histories among 111 incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Four categories of religiosity were devised according to self-reported continuities and discontinuities in life-course religious affiliations: atheists, dropouts, converts, and stayers. ANCOVAs indicated that stayers (those who maintained religious involvement from childhood to adulthood) had more sexual offense convictions, more victims, and younger victims, than other groups. Results challenge assumptions that religious involvement should, as with other crime, serve to deter sexual offending behavior. Results are discussed in terms of social control and situational theories of crime. Electronic Resource Number: 10.1007/s11194-006-9020-5
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16602
ISSN:	10790632
Physical description:	Pages 279-288
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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