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In contrast to the generally dismal results of various approaches
to rehabilitation, these consciousness-based strategies have proven
effective in preventing crime and rehabilitating offenders! This
book will introduce you to a powerful, unique approach to offender
rehabilitation and crime prevention. In contrast to the generally
dismal results of most rehabilitation approaches, studies covering
periods of 1-15 years indicate that this new approachemploying the
Maharishi Transcendental Meditation (R) and TM-Sidhi
programsreduces recidivism from 35-50%. Transcendental Meditation
(R) in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention provides the
reader with a theoretical overview, new original research findings,
and examples of practical implementation. With this book, you will
explore what motivates people to commit crimes, with emphasis on
stress and restricted self-development. Then you'll examine the
results and policy implications of applying these
consciousness-based techniques to offender rehabilitation and crime
reduction. Most chapters include tables or figures that make the
information easy to understand. Transcendental Meditation (R) in
Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention does not merely review
the theory behind this innovative approach to rehabilitation and
prevention but also emphasizes the practical value of the programs
it describes and reports how techniques and strategies based on
Transcendental Meditation (R) have been put to use in a variety of
settings. This book will familiarize the reader with: a
rehabilitation approach so universal in its applicability that any
adult or juvenile offender can begin it at the point of sentencing,
during incarceration, or at the point of parole the in-depth
background on adult growth and higher states of consciousness
necessary to understand this consciousness-based, developmental
approach the results of empirical studies conducted in prisons
around the country, with up to 15 years of follow-up a preview of
how cost-effective the rehabilitation program might be implications
for public policy and the judicial systemincluding an innovative
alternative sentencing program how this approach deals not only
with individuals but also with the community as a wholewhen
practiced by a small percentage of the population, the TM and
TM-Sidhi programs may reduce crime in the larger community how
these society-level prevention programs may prove to be effecitive
in reducing not only school violence in the community but, if
applied on sufficient scale, war deaths and terrorism in the
greater society
In contrast to the generally dismal results of various approaches
to rehabilitation, these consciousness-based strategies have proven
effective in preventing crime and rehabilitating offenders! This
book will introduce you to a powerful, unique approach to offender
rehabilitation and crime prevention. In contrast to the generally
dismal results of most rehabilitation approaches, studies covering
periods of 1-15 years indicate that this new approachemploying the
Maharishi Transcendental Meditation (R) and TM-Sidhi
programsreduces recidivism from 35-50%. Transcendental Meditation
(R) in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention provides the
reader with a theoretical overview, new original research findings,
and examples of practical implementation. With this book, you will
explore what motivates people to commit crimes, with emphasis on
stress and restricted self-development. Then you'll examine the
results and policy implications of applying these
consciousness-based techniques to offender rehabilitation and crime
reduction. Most chapters include tables or figures that make the
information easy to understand. Transcendental Meditation (R) in
Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention does not merely review
the theory behind this innovative approach to rehabilitation and
prevention but also emphasizes the practical value of the programs
it describes and reports how techniques and strategies based on
Transcendental Meditation (R) have been put to use in a variety of
settings. This book will familiarize the reader with: a
rehabilitation approach so universal in its applicability that any
adult or juvenile offender can begin it at the point of sentencing,
during incarceration, or at the point of parole the in-depth
background on adult growth and higher states of consciousness
necessary to understand this consciousness-based, developmental
approach the results of empirical studies conducted in prisons
around the country, with up to 15 years of follow-up a preview of
how cost-effective the rehabilitation program might be implications
for public policy and the judicial systemincluding an innovative
alternative sentencing program how this approach deals not only
with individuals but also with the community as a wholewhen
practiced by a small percentage of the population, the TM and
TM-Sidhi programs may reduce crime in the larger community how
these society-level prevention programs may prove to be effecitive
in reducing not only school violence in the community but, if
applied on sufficient scale, war deaths and terrorism in the
greater society
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