The
results show that 24 cities in which 1% of the population had been
instructed in the Transcendental Meditation program by 1972
displayed decreased crime rates during the next year (1973) and
decreased crime rate trends during subsequent years (1972-1977) in
comparison to 1967-1972, in contrast to control cities matched for
geographic region, population, college population, and crime rate.
The
Transcendental Meditation program and crime rate change in a
sample of forty-eight cities, Journal of Crime and Justice 4:
25-45, 1981.