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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Which religious group commits the most crimes in the USA?

The Federal Bureau of Prisons does have statistics on religious affiliations of inmates. The following are total number of inmates per religion category:


Response Number %
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Catholic 29267 39.164%

Protestant 26162 35.008%

Muslim 5435 7.273%

American Indian 2408 3.222%

Nation 1734 2.320%

Rasta 1485 1.987%

Jewish 1325 1.773%

Church of Christ 1303 1.744%

Pentecostal 1093 1.463%

Moorish 1066 1.426%

Buddhist 882 1.180%

Jehovah Witness 665 0.890%

Adventist 621 0.831%

Orthodox 375 0.502%

Mormon 298 0.399%

Scientology 190 0.254%

Atheist 156 0.209%

Hindu 119 0.159%

Santeria 117 0.157%

Sikh 14 0.019%

Bahai 9 0.012%

Krishna 7 0.009%
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Total Known Responses 74731 100.001% (rounding to 3 digits does this)



http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm



2 comments:

  1. What about statistics on which religions in the USA have the highest incidence of child molestation??? We seem to hear about Catholic priests molesting children more then any other religions in the USA. Does that mean the percentage of child abuse cases is higher in catholicism???

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  2. According to this article, there has been no formal study comparing denominations for rates of child abuse.

    http://blogs.denverpost.com/hark/2010/05/25/scandal-creates-contempt-for-catholic-clergy/39/

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