The Longitudinal Relations between Religiosity, Moral Disengagement, and Offending in Serious Adolescent Offenders

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dc.contributor.advisorPiquero, Alex R.
dc.creatorCardwell, Stephanie Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T21:15:55Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T21:15:55Z
dc.date.created2017-05
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2017
dc.date.updated2018-05-31T21:15:55Z
dc.description.abstractMuch prior research has found that religiosity is negatively related to crime. Still, less is known about the mechanisms that govern this relationship, especially among offending populations. One theory that can offer more insight into the religiosity—crime nexus is moral disengagement (MD). No research has addressed how the theory can explain the relationship between religiosity and crime. Additionally, less is known about how these relationships change over time. In order to address these topics data from the Pathways to Desistance study was utilized. Religiosity, as measured by the importance of religion and religious service attendance, decreased slightly throughout the study. Both of these measures were also predictive of lower levels of MD over time. Higher religious service attendance at baseline was associated with higher levels of self-reported offending over time while the importance of religion was related to lower self-reported offending over time. Religiosity was protective of self-reported offending longitudinally among male but not female respondents. Finally, MD partly mediated the relationship between religiosity and self-reported offending throughout most of the study. Overall, these results indicate that religion plays a role in the lives of the serious adolescent offenders in the study.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/5790
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights©2018 The Author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Eugene McDermott Library. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
dc.subjectReligiousness
dc.subjectLaw and ethics
dc.subjectCriminal statistics
dc.subjectCriminology-Religious aspects
dc.subjectJuvenile delinquents
dc.titleThe Longitudinal Relations between Religiosity, Moral Disengagement, and Offending in Serious Adolescent Offenders
dc.typeDissertation
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentCriminology
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Dallas
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePHD

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