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Delinquency among majority and minority youths in Cologne, Mannheim and Brussels: the role of religion
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Abstract The news about sexual assaults and robbery committed by mostly young North African males on New Year’s Eve of 2015/2016 in Cologne and elsewhere went around the world. It triggered a revival of the question of the role religion plays in crime, in particular whether Muslims are more criminal. To answ... view more
The news about sexual assaults and robbery committed by mostly young North African males on New Year’s Eve of 2015/2016 in Cologne and elsewhere went around the world. It triggered a revival of the question of the role religion plays in crime, in particular whether Muslims are more criminal. To answer this question, we investigate ethnic minority and majority youths’ delinquency in Cologne, Mannheim (Germany) and Brussels (Belgium) using unique large-scale datasets. Our results indicate that youths in Cologne are not exceptionally violent. In line with previous research, we find that religiosity is overall accompanied by lower levels of delinquency (vandalism, property offence, drug abuse, bullying), particularly among Muslims. However, in the case of violence, we reveal the opposite pattern. Yet, we discover that these acts are primarily committed by youths who describe themselves as religious without practising the abstinent lifestyle (i.e. abstaining from binge drinking) prescribed by some religions.... view less
Keywords
adolescent; delinquency; criminality; minority; ethnic group; religiousness; influence; peer group; Islam; Federal Republic of Germany; Belgium
Classification
Social Problems
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
abstinence
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-27
Journal
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (2019)
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214897
ISSN
1469-9451
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed