Does Religion Contribute to the Common Good? With special guest Byron Johnson, author of “More God, Less Crime” Friday, March 2 Food service begins at 11:30 am Program begins promptly at noon First Baptist Church downtown 108 W. College Avenue Tallahassee, FL (enter from either the Adams Street or Duval Street Welcome Center entrance)   [...]

February 10, 2012 More God, Less Crime by Kerby Anderson   Faith-based organizations and people of faith can make a profound impact on the crime rate and the recidivism rate in our prisons. This is the argument that renowned criminologist Byron Johnson makes in his book, More God, Less Crime. He is a professor at [...]

January 26, 2012, 1:00 PM (cst) Byron R. Johnson is interviewed by Kerby Anderson and Point of View Radio Talk Show.  Point of View is a two-hour, issues oriented live Christian talk radio program heard daily nationwide.   Dr. Johnson talks about his book, More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters  TO HEAR THE PODCAST CLICK [...]

This story was published August 7, 2011 Prejudices of secular and religious groups alike stand in the way of successful crime reduction efforts. We now have data confirming what objective and open-minded observers already knew: that religious commitment and faith-based approaches, as well as the transformative power of faith itself, can be central in reducing [...]

Background: Since it was first published in 2011 More God, Less Crime has helped to foster a national debate about how faith-based approaches are making a difference and what future collaborations between sacred and secular groups might look like in addressing problems like youth crime, offender treatment, prisoner reentry, and aftercare. In order to facilitate [...]

January 10, 2012 Senior citizens are less likely to support same-sex marriage than younger Americans, but that does not mean that they are anti-gay. For a number of years, there has been a contentious public debate in the United States on homosexuality and, more recently, same-sex marriage. Like any other social issue, Americans hold diverse [...]

2nd Opinion: The last acceptable prejudice? By Byron Johnson Published: November 11, 2011 In early May 1990, after turning in final grades for the spring semester, my departmental chair walked into my office with a big smile on his face and handed me a letter from the university president. It was a non-renewal letter. I [...]

Family Research Council recently hosted criminologist Byron Johnson, the author of More God, Less Crime, to discuss his research on religion’s effects on criminal behavior. In his presentation, he told the audience that “as religiosity goes up, the tendency to commit crime or delinquent acts goes down.” (To watch Johnson’s presentation, click here.) According to [...]

Fri, Nov. 04 2011 Go to The Christian Post Article WASHINGTON – It’s rare to hear about street hardened criminals in a prison sneaking around to share the Gospel with fellow inmates. But it happened at a faith-based prison in Houston, Texas. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE PROGRAM Criminologist Byron R. Johnson, [...]