Dillbeck, Landrith & Orme-Johnson, 1981
Dillbeck, M. C.; Landrith III, G. S.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. The Transcendental Meditation Program and crime rate change in a sample of forty-eight cities. Findings also published in Journal of Crime and Justice 4: 25–45, 1981.
In a five-year follow-up study of Borland and Landrith's pioneering work on the Maharishi Effect, an analysis of 48 cities confirmed that crime rate decreases when one percent of a city population practices the Transcendental Meditation technique. A reduced crime trend was found to continue throughout the follow-up period.
- Year
- 1981
- Journal
- Journal of Crime and Justice
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 4, pp. 2487–2496
- Section
- Quality of Life
Findings (1)
Sociological—Reduced Crime
Decreased Crime Rate (Cities, USA, 1973–1977)
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Michael C. Dillbeck, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Garland S. Landrith, MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA