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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,...

  The forgotten factor In Preventing Hate, Crime and Violence Abid Ullah Jan One of the interesting questions is: how do we know that nurturing our spiritual self is key to staying away from hate, crime and extremist tendencies? To answer this question, we need to look into credible academic research first to see the impact of mere involvement with religion on crime in general, and then deduct how profound the impact will be will be when a systematic approach is adopted to inspiring spiritualism and putting individuals on the right path to achieving human excellence. Richard Freeman 1  at Harvard University conducted a study in 1986 which was particularly helpful in turning our attention to religion as a factor helping at-risk youth become resilient youth — youth who stay out of trouble despite living in the neighbourhoods where crime occurs all around them and even though there was no specific content or delivered to those you. Freeman found that mere frequent church attendan...

Islam’s Framework for Ensuring Human Rights and Liberties Most of us believe that 1) it’s a fairly new that everyone is entitled to certain human rights and 2) when your rights are guaranteed you live a life of freedom – act according to their free will and take responsibility for their action. Well, we might be wrong about both. Watch video PeaceQuest CommDev About the Author: Abid Ullah Jan Abid Ullah Jan’s Awards Abid Ullah jan’s Books Abid Ullah Jan’s Manuals Abid Ullah Jan Videos Crime Prevention through Social Development (French) by Abid Ullah Jan Implementing Crime Prevention through Social Development by Abid Ullah Jan Highlighting Success Stories – Abid Ullah Jan When Neighbourhoods Bounce Back – Abid Ullah Jan Crime Prevention Outcome - Abid Ullah Jan Crime Prevention through Social Development - Abid Ullah Jan Crime Prevention Ottawa – Safety Community Guide - Abid Ullah Jan Abid Ullah Jan’s Art Work Abid Ullah Jan’s...