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Criminology

the proposition that belief in supernatural punishment deters delinquency, first tested and not supported among adolescents and later debated in the sociology of religion.

In criminology, hellfire hypothesis refers to the proposition that belief in supernatural punishment deters delinquency, first tested and not supported among adolescents and later debated in the sociology of religion. This meaning comes from Hirschi (1969) in Social Problems.[1]

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References

Hirschi, T., & Stark, R. (1969). Hellfire and Delinquency. Social Problems, 17(2), 202-213. https://doi.org/10.2307/799866

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