Borland & Landrith, 1977
Borland, C.; and Landrith, G., III. Improved quality of city life through the Transcendental Meditation Program: Decreased crime rate. Department of Educational Psychology, Maharishi European Research University, Switzerland, and Department of Psychology, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1976.
Crime rate decreased in cities after one percent of their populations had begun practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.
- Year
- 1977
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 1, pp. 639–648
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (1)
Sociological—Reduced Crime
Decreased Crime Rate (Cities, USA, 1973)
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Candace Borland, PhD
Maharishi European Research University, Weggis, Switzerland
- Garland Landrith, MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA