More God, Less Crime – A Leap of Faith or Matter of Fact ~ Abid Ullah Jan Religion and spiritualism can foster cooperation or foment strife, but does religion play a uniquely powerful and positive role when it comes to preventing crime and rehabilitating criminals? In his book, More God Less Crime , noted Baylor criminologist Byron R. Johnson has amassed evidence that it does — evidence that he argues has hitherto been ignored due in part to elite academia’s secular biases. In this video, Johnson discusses and debates this vital topic with John J. DiIulio, Jr., Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania; Beverly Frazier, Assistant Professor in the Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Reverend Eugene F. Rivers, whose faith-based anti-crime program in Boston was featured on the cover of Newsweek. The discussion is moderated by Robert P. George,...
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