believe in Hell had lower crime rates.  In contrast, belief in Heaven not only  

failed to lower crime rates but was  associated with higher crime rates.

Interestingly, when subtracting the percentage  of people in each country who believed in Hell  

from those who believed in Heaven and  then analyzing the result, there was a  

clear positive correlation between the "Heaven  minus Hell belief differential" and crime rates.

This means the more a country's  population leans towards belief  

in Hell, the lower its crime rate,  and vice versa for belief in Heaven.

However, the researcher also noted that  the study only establishes a possible  

correlation between beliefs in Hell and  crime rates. Whether the belief in Hell  

causes a decrease in crime rates requires  further research for a definitive conclusion.