David Tsulaia
The article explores the factor of Christian religion in crime prevention. In particular, the article investigates three aspects: first, it concerns the existing attitude related to the negative influence of religion on crime prevention; second, a neutral attitude of religion in relation to crime prevention, is investigated, and third, empirical studies on the correlation between religion and crime are analyzed. The objective of the article is to reveal what kind of relation exists between faith of God, spiritual and moral development, and thus, living according the virtuous rules and crime prevention. It turns out that religion plays a positive role in crime reduction only. Moreover, spiritual life is the most effective way to correct the offender, which in turn provides the maximum result in the crime prevention. Deriving from the results of the study, a conclusion is made at the end of the article, which should be taken into account in order to properly understand the crime prevention policy and tackle the existing challenges related to crime prevention.