http://theweek.com The mystery of falling crime rates
Despite widespread economic hardship, the nation's crime rate has continued to fall. Why? POSTED ON JULY 9, 2010, AT 11:10 AM What do crime statistics show? The historic drop in crime that began in the early 1990s continues. Last year, violent crime fell an impressive 5.5 percent nationwide, marking the third straight year of decline after an even longer-lasting drop briefly lost momentum earlier in the decade. The cumulative falloff is truly remarkable: Murders slipped 7 percent last year, to 15,100—nearly 45 percent below the 1991 peak. And the declines involve nearly every category of crime, in communities big and small.... What explains the decline? Nobody is sure, though at least some credit must go to improved policing methods... Continues at: http://theweek.com/article/index/204750/the-mystery-of-falling-crime-rates And one comment posted on the article: The most credible explanation for falling crime rates in the USA is to be found here: http://www.permanentpeace.org/evidence/index.htmlA coherence creating group has been in place in Iowa over the period the crime has been falling. The scientific evidence linking reductions in crime and violence to the group practice of Transcendentql Meditation and its advanced techniques including yogic flying has been accumulating over 32 years. Posted by Dr Richard Broome, 2010-07-20
