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, [...]

Evening Conversation with Byron Johnson More God, Less Crime When: Wednesday, November 2 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Where: The University Club 1135 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC  20036 We are delighted to invite you to an Evening Conversation with author and professor Byron Johnson. Please join us on November 2 at the University Club [...]

October 5, 2011 CLICK HERE TO GO TO WITHERSPOON Religious conversions can be pivotal in turning an inmate away from a life of crime, but only if the process of spiritual transformation continues outside the prison walls. The Darrington Unit is a maximum-security prison just 30 minutes south of Houston. The Darrington Prison resembles most [...]

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP  AUGUST 26, 2011 Religion and the Bad News Bearers: The widely reported decline in women’s church attendance is implausible. By RODNEY STARK AND BYRON JOHNSON The national news media yawned over the Baylor Survey’s findings that the number of American atheists has remained steady at 4% since 1944, and that church membership [...]