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Divergent Effects of Beliefs in Heaven and Hell on National Crime Rates. PLOS One

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Herr Heckler Koch

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http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0039048

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Belief in hell, according to international data, is associated with reduced crime
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-belief-hell-international-crime.html
The study, appearing in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, found that criminal activity is higher in societies where people's religious beliefs contain a strong punitive component than in places where religious beliefs are more benevolent. A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal. The finding surfaced from a comprehensive analysis of 26 years of data involving 143,197 people in 67 countries.
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What's strange about that data is that it is in stark contrast to the religious affiliation of prisoners in the US. IIRC Christians make up about 80% of prisoners, Muslims about 7% and atheists less than 1%.
 
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Heh heh heh. Something like, "There are no atheists in foxholes."(Reverend William T. Cummings, Bataan) I imagine religiosity before prison is the predicate.
 
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