CRRUCS Report 2001 The Role of African-American Churches in Reducing Crime Among Black Youth Appendix B Table 1. Unstandardized and Standardized (in parentheses) Coefficients for OLS Regression of General Crime on Neighborhood Disorder, Religious Involvement, and Interaction (n = 207) Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Neighborhood Disorder .18** (.12) .14* (.09) .02 (.01) -.01 (-.01) Religious Involvement   -.08** (-.14) -.06* (-.11) -.06* (-.10) Disorder x Religious Involvement       -.08 (-.08) Male .25** (.15) .24** (.15) .17* (.10) .17* (.10) Age .00 (.01) -.01 (-.02) -.03 (-.07) -.03 (-.06) Age2 -.03** (-.13) -.03* (-.11) -.02 (-.08) -.02 (-.08) Family Class -.00 (-.03) -.00 (-.03) -.00 (-.07) -.00 (-.07) Family Intactness -.04 (-.02) -.01 (-.01) .06 (.04) .06 (.03) Family Size at Wave 1 .05* (.11) .04* (.10) .06** (.14) .06** (.14) Attachment to Family     -.01 (-.02) -.02 (-.03) Conventional Attitudes     -.18* (-.09) -.19* (-.10) Deviant Peer Association     .26** (.36) .26** (.36) Intercept  2.78 3.34 4.50 4.56 R2 .068 .086 .220 .226 Increase in R2   .018** .134** .006 * p < .10, ** p < .05 (one-tailed test).         Table 2. Unstandardized and Standardized (in parentheses) Coefficients for OLS Regression of Minor Crime on Neighborhood Disorder, Religious Involvement, and Interaction (n = 207) Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Neighborhood Disorder .05 (.04) .04 (.04) -.01 (-.01) -.00 (-.00) Religious Involvement   -.02 (-.03) -.00 (-.00) -.00 (-.00) Disorder x Religious Involvement       .01 (.02) Male .08 (.06) .08 (.06) .04 (.03) .04 (.03) Age -.03 (-.09) -.03* (-.10) -.04* (-.12) -.04* (-.12) Age2 -.01 (-.07) -.01 (-.06) -.01 (-.04) -.01 (-.04) Family Class -.00 (-.07) -.00 (-.07) -.01* (-.10) -.01* (-.10) Family Intactness -.01 (-.01) -.00 (-.00) .04 (.03) .04 (.03) Family Size at Wave 1 .03 (.08) .03 (.07) .04* (.10) .04* (.10) Attachment to Family     .01 (.03) .01 (.03) Conventional Attitudes     -.22* (-.14) -.22** (-.14) Deviant Peer Association     .12** (.20) .12** (.20) Intercept 2.81 2.91 3.88 3.87 R2 .032 .033 .091 .091 Increase in R2   .001 .058** .000 * p < .10, ** p < .05 (one-tailed test).         Table 3. Unstandardized and Standardized (in parentheses) Coefficients for OLS Regression of Serious Crime on Neighborhood Disorder, Religious Involvement, and Interaction (n = 207) Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Neighborhood Disorder .15** (.12) .11* (.10) .02 (.01) -.01 (-.01) Religious Involvement   -.07** (-.16) -.06** (-.13) -.05** (-.12) Disorder x Religious Involvement       -.08*(-.10) Male .20** (.16) .20** (.16) .14** (.11) .14** (.11) Age .02 (.05) .00 (.01) -.01 (-.03) -.01 (-.03) Age2 -.02** (-.12) -.02* (-.11) -.02* (-.08) -.02* (-.09) Family Class -.00 (-.01) -.00 (-.01) -.00 (-.05) -.00 (-.05) Family Intactness -.03 (-.02) -.00 (-.00) .05 (.03) .04 (.03) Family Size at Wave 1 .03* (.10) .03* (.09) .04** (.12) .04** (.12) Attachment to Family     -.01 (-.03) -.02 (-.05) Conventional Attitudes     -.08 (-.05) -.09 (-.06) Deviant Peer Association     .20** (.35) .20** (.35) Intercept 1.52 2.00 2.69 2.75 R2 .068 .091 .211 .221 Increase in R2   .023** .120** .010 * p < .10, ** p < .05 (one-tailed test).

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES John J. DiIulio, Jr., Founding Director EMAIL THIS | PRINTER FRIENDLY SUMMARY: This report traces the history of the African-American church outreach in America, summarizes the state of African-American church outreach today, and examines surveys documenting the extent of African-American church outreach. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Correlates of Youth Crime The African-American Church: A Neglected Research Area Neighborhood Disorder Church Involvement Study Hypotheses Methodology Measuring Crime Results Conclusion Appendix A: Descriptive Statistics Appendix B: Tables 1-3 Appendix C: Figures 1-2 Endnotes About CRRUCS