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{{Cquote|Over the last twenty years researchers have given a lot of attention to the relationship between religion and crime, finding that religion tends to have a deterring influence on crime-related attitudes and behaviors. While a variety of studies have been published in this area, little work has been done to assess the state of research on religion and crime. Because so much research has consistently found a relationship, work on religion may be able to offer fresh insight into criminological theory and substantive research more generally.<ref>[https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article-abstract/78/2/192/3089763?redirectedFrom=fulltext Religion and Crime: A Systematic Review and Assessment of Next Steps] by
{{Cquote|Over the last twenty years researchers have given a lot of attention to the relationship between religion and crime, finding that religion tends to have a deterring influence on crime-related attitudes and behaviors. While a variety of studies have been published in this area, little work has been done to assess the state of research on religion and crime. Because so much research has consistently found a relationship, work on religion may be able to offer fresh insight into criminological theory and substantive research more generally.<ref>[https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article-abstract/78/2/192/3089763?redirectedFrom=fulltext Religion and Crime: A Systematic Review and Assessment of Next Steps] by
Amy Adamczyk, Joshua D. Freilich, Chunrye Kim, ''Sociology of Religion'', Volume 78, Issue 2, 1 June 2017, Pages 192–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srx012</ref>}}
Amy Adamczyk, Joshua D. Freilich, Chunrye Kim, ''Sociology of Religion'', Volume 78, Issue 2, 1 June 2017, Pages 192–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srx012</ref>}}
=== Positive personality changes and religious conversion ===
The [[Big Five personality traits]] change due to a person becoming more mature, efforts to change the [[personality]] traits or a major life change (See: [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]]).
Personality changes due to [[conversion|religious conversion]]:
{{Cquote|Religious conversion is one of the life events most strongly associated with [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality|personality change]], because it often reshapes someone’s identity, daily [[habit]]s, [[values]], and [[Social influence|social world]]. But the magnitude of change is usually not unlimited—it tends to be moderate rather than extreme, and uneven across the Big Five traits.
Average change: Studies suggest that religious conversion or increased religiosity is associated with about 0.3 to 0.7 standard deviations of change in certain traits over time.
Maximum documented change: In rare, profound cases (e.g., dramatic “born-again” conversions or entry into highly structured religious orders), people can shift by 1+ standard deviation on some traits, but that’s exceptional.<ref>[https://chatgpt.com/share/68a59e81-ff58-800a-a18e-a4e0bfa3ed2d How big of personality changes are possible via religious conversion?]</ref>}}
There is a significant amount of [[history|historical]] and [[Science|scientific]] evidence that Bible reading has greatly increased human flourishing such as people's physical health, psychological well-being, [[character]] and [[virtue]], and social connections (See: [[Bible reading and human flourishing]]).
== Religion/Christianity and social stability ==
== Religion/Christianity and social stability ==