Collected Works Bookstore presents Professor Byron R. Johnson for a discussion of his latest book, More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More (Templeton Press 2011), which examines how religion can be a powerful antidote to crime. In More God, Less Crime, Johnson argues that increasing religiosity not only reduces crime, it also promotes prosocial behavior. He contends that despite this, many experts rarely include the "faith factor" in discussions of possible solutions to crime, drug use, offender treatment, or ex-prisoners returning to society. This failing, Johnson says, can be attributed in equal measure to the secular criminal justice professionals who allow their own anti-religious prejudices to shape their judgments, as well as to religious volunteers who rely too heavily on their own beliefs.

Byron R. Johnson is Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, where he also served as the Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, and Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Jewish and Community Research in San Francisco, California.
He is recognized as a leading authority on the scientific study of religion, the efficacy of faith-based organizations, domestic violence, and criminal justice. His recent publications have examined the impact of faith-based programs on recidivism reduction and prisoner reentry. Johnson’s research has been used in consultation with the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, Department of Labor, and the National Institutes of Health.  

More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More (Hardcover)

By Byron Johnson

$26.95

ISBN-13: 9781599473734
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Published: Templeton Press, 5/2011

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