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What are some reliable sources for crime-by-religion data?

Asked by laureth (27199points) October 26th, 2010

Hi! I’m looking for reliable data (actual measurements) of any correlation between crime (specifically childhood sexual abuse, but any sex or violent crime would be helpful) and religiousity (specifically Christian, but any religion would be helpful). While it’s easy to find information that specifically relates to the Catholic church’s sex scandals, I’m hopefully trying to find data that goes beyond that, which would show more general correlations like “percent of childhood abuse found in religious homes vs instances found in homes where there was no religion practiced,” or similar.

In other words, I am trying to find compiled data from a reliable source, no matter which way the data points. What I am not looking for is conjecture, hypotheses, or, ESPECIALLY, a debate on the relative merits of theism vs atheism or how people think one side or the other must be inherently more capable of criminal activity. Numbers, please!

Thank you for your help.

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