@article{ref1, title="He sends rain upon the wicked: a panel study of the influence of religiosity on violent victimization", journal="Journal of interpersonal violence", year="2007", author="Schreck, Christopher J. and Burek, Melissa W. and Clark-Miller, Jason", volume="22", number="7", pages="872-893", abstract="This research investigates low religiosity as a predictor of violent victimization. The theoretical framework the authors present here posits that religiosity should help structure daily activities in such a way as to (a) limit exposure to offenders by encouraging contact with peers who are less deviant, (b) lessen one's target suitability by inhibiting grievance-causing delinquent activity, and (c) enhance guardianship by fostering stronger bonds with parents and school. Thus, although researchers expect religion to be a bivariate predictor of violent victimization, its influence should be indirect. The authors investigate these claims using two waves from the public-use version of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The results indicate that religiosity is a correlate of violent victimization. Consistent with these theoretical claims, the effect of religiosity is not direct, but instead occurs indirectly primarily through its influence on self-reported delinquency and peer deviance.

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", language="en", issn="0886-2605", doi="10.1177/0886260507301233", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260507301233" }