Effective Rehabilitation
through the Transcendental Meditation and
TM-Sidhi Programme

In this study, 259 male felon parolees of the California Department of Connections who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique while in prison had fewer new prison terms and more favourable parole outcomes each year over a five-year period after release compared to carefully matched controls. The Transcendental Meditation Programme was shown to significantly reduce recidivism during a period of six months to six years after parole, whereas prison education, vocational training, and psychotherapy did not consistently reduce recidivism.

References:

1. Journal of Criminal Justice 15 (1987): 211–230.
2. Dissertation Abstracts International 43 (1982): 539B.
3. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 11 (1987): 111–132.

During periods when groups practising the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programmes exceeded the square root of one percent of the population, crime decreased in Metro Manila, Philippines (mid-August 1984 to late January 1985); Washington, D.C. (October 1981 to October 1983); and the Union Territory of Delhi, India (November 1980 to March 1981). Time series analysis verified that these decreases in crime could not have been due to trends or cycles of crime, or to changes in police policies and procedures.

References:

1. The Journal of Mind and Behavior 8 (1987): 67–104.
2. The Journal of Mind and Behavior 9 (1988): 457–486.

Conclusion

The Transcendental Meditation Programme effectively rehabilitates the individual by decreasing stress, increasing orderliness of brain functioning, increasing harmony, and thereby developing positive social behaviour. Moreover, Transcendental Meditation Programme participants radiate an influence of coherence and harmony in the collective consciousness of society—the Maharishi Effect—which is the only effective way to prevent crime.