Hagelin et al., 2011
Hagelin, John S.; Rainforth, Maxwell V.; Orme-Johnson, David W.; Cavanaugh, Kenneth L.; Alexander, Charles N.; Shatkin, Susan F.; Davies, John L.; Hughes, Anne O.; and Ross, Emanuel. Effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation program on preventing violent crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June–July 1993. Summary.
This study found that during a two-month period in which an increasingly large group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program assembled in Washington, DC, there was a significant decrease in violent crime in the District of Columbia; violent crime decreased as the size of the group increased.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 4086–4087
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (1)
Sociological—Improved Quality of Life
Improved Quality of City Life as Measured by Decreased Violent Crime Rate in the National Capital (Washington, DC, USA, June and July, 1993)
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Emanuel Ross
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC, USA
- John S. Hagelin, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Maxwell V. Rainforth, MS MA
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Charles N. Alexander, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Susan F. Shatkin, MA
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- John L. Davies, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Anne O. Hughes, PhD
University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA