Render Unto Caesar What Is Caesar's
Religiosity and Taxpayers' Inclinations to Cheat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Haroid G Grasmick (University of Oklahoma), Robert J Bursik (University of Oklahoma), John K Cochran (0000-0001-5227-1564, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 251-266 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1991.tb00356.x |
| OpenAlex | W1900404127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 68 |
| References cited | 44 |
Previous research on the relationship between religiosity and involvement in illegal behavior overlooks Hirschi and Stark's original concern with religion as a sanctioning system. While Hirschi and Stark proposed that religion affects compliance with the law by promising heaven and threatening damnation, this study suggests that its sanctions are self-imposed shame and socially-imposed embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are compatible with a rational choice perspective on illegal behavior—they lower the expected utility of crime and, thus, its likelihood. These two threats stem from two conceptually distinct dimensions of religiosity. People strongly self-identified as religious are more likely to feel ashamed if they violate the law; those involved in a social network based on religion are more likely to be embarrassed. An adult sample's responses to a question concerning the likelihood of cheating on income taxes in the future tests these hypotheses. The threat of shame emanating from religious identity salience is a stronger deterrent than that of embarrassment
Cheating · Criminology · Embarrassment · Political science · Religiosity · Salience (neuroscience) · Sanctions · Scrutiny · Shame · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 68 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |