Religião e criminalidade no Brasil: primeiras evidências sob enfoque econômico

Abstract

This paper aims to study theoretic and empirically the relation between the level of crime and the religiosity of Brazil. Previous studies for others countries about the subject had identified a negative relation between the level of crime and religiosity. In Brazil, specific studies for this relation do not exist yet. In the attempt to fill this gap, this paper tests, through state and county data, the significance of this relationship for Brazilian case.