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

相信地獄的國家犯罪率較低。相較之下，相信天堂不僅

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

不能降低犯罪率，反而會導致更高的犯罪率。

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

有趣的是，當每個國家相信天堂的人減去相信地獄的人的百分比

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

，然後分析結果時，

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

「天堂減去地獄的信仰差異」與犯罪率之間 存在 明顯的正相關關係。

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

這意味著一個國家的人口越傾向於相信

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

地獄，其犯罪率就越低，反之亦然。

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

然而，研究人員也指出，這項研究只是確定了

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

地獄信仰與犯罪率之間可能的相關性。對地獄的信仰是否會

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

導致犯罪率下降，需要進一步研究才能得出明確的結論。