Satwalogy - The Natural Law Response To The Challenge Of Crime

Skip to main content

Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( LockA locked padlock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

1. Home

NCJRS Virtual Library The Virtual Library houses over 235,000 criminal justice resources, including all known OJP works. Click here to search the NCJRS Virtual Library Satwalogy - The Natural Law Response to the Challenge of Crime NCJ Number 87370 Journal Indian Journal of Criminology Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: (July 1982) Pages: 76-90 Author(s) N R M Menon Date Published 1982 Length 15 pages Annotation Crime is a biological/physiological phenomenon arising from stress, which can be eliminated through transcendental meditation (TM) so as to produce the bodily state of least excitation and the release of creative intelligence that fosters rational social order in accord with natural law. Abstract Despite the knowledge accumulated in the areas of human physiology, psychology, and sociology in the last few decades, criminal law, procedure, and corrections has continued to be based in unscientific concepts from an earlier century, i.e., that criminal behavior is a free choice that can be discouraged and corrected through threats, intimidation, and the structuring of painful consequences for outlawed behavior. Studies in the behavioral field have repeatedly shown that accumulated stress leads to nervousness and emotional breakdowns manifested in disorderly behavior, including law violations. This points to the need for an empirically tested process that can release stress and normalize the human nervous system. Scientific studies have demonstrated the efficacy of TM as a stress release technique. Substantive and procedural criminal laws should be reformed to accord with scientific knowledge of human behavior, and the treatment of offenders should be based in diagnoses rooted in the physiological nature of crime. Rehabilitation should include preparation for employment, medical services, and the use of TM and related programs of stress reduction. Aftercare services should include stress control measures. A bibliography of seven listings is provided.

Additional Details

Sale Source National Institute of Justice/ Address

Box 6000, Dept F, Rockville, MD 20849, United States

NCJRS Photocopy Services Address

Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000, United States

Language English Country India Note Kumarappa Reckless Endowment Lecture delivered at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Criminology at Madras, February 13, 1982

Downloads

No download available

Availability

• Find in a Library
• Order PDF

Related Topics

Law reform Crime Maryland Criminal Procedures Stress