State of Iowa 1991 - 1998 Crime Statistics The Maharishi Effect is defined as "one percent of the population practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program in any city reduces the crime rate, accident rate, and sickness rate" and "establishes a new formula for the creation of an ideal society, free from crime and problems, and with this, Maharishi envisions the dawn of a new age for mankind -- the Age of Enlightenment."[1] "The meaning of this term was later extended to cover the influence generated by the group practice of the TM-Sidhi® program."[2] In 1978 the TM Organization announced, "Discovery of the Extended Maharishi Effect: the square root of one percent of the population practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program together in one place produces coherence in collective consciousness, promoting positive and progressive trends in society."[1] The state of Iowa has been the recipient of the "Extended Maharishi Effect" since about 1979, after group TM-Sidhi practice was introduced on the Maharishi International University campus in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1978. According to the "Extended Maharishi Effect" formula, only 164 people practicing the TM-Sidhi program together are required to cover the EME for the state of Iowa (2,678,261 x .01 = 26,783 x square root = 164).[3] After the introduction of the TM-Sidhi program, there have been at least 164 people in Fairfield regularly practicing the TM-Sidhi program together since 1979. In fact, the number of people required to cover the EME for the entire United States, was established in Fairfield in 1982.[4] Also the 1994 MIU Catalog states, "MIU students have the opportunity to learn Yogic Flying, practiced twice daily in MIU's Golden Domes by 1600 students, faculty, staff, and members of the Fairfield community." Currently, there are an estimated 2,000 TM practitioners living in Fairfield (20% of the local population.) An objective analysis of crime data, however, for the period of 1991-1998[5], shows an overall increase in violent crime and property crime for this period, both for Fairfield/Jefferson County and for the state of Iowa. By contrast, the neighboring states of Wisconsin and Arkansas show an overall decrease in violent crime and property crime for the same period.[6] CRIME STATISTICS for State of Iowa 1991 - 1998 A summary of the Iowa crime statistics, reflecting the difference between the 1991 crime indexes and 1998 crime indexes shows: Adult Group "A" Violent Crime (as listed): Increase of 175% Adult Group "A" Property Crime (as listed): Increase of 125% Adult Drugs/Narcotics Crime: Increase of 573% Domestic Abuse: Increase of 256% Juvenile Group "A" Crime: Increase of 273% Juvenile Group "B" Crime: Increase of 187% This look at crime rates in the state of Iowa is for a recent eight-year period; but by 1991, the "Extended Maharishi Effect" had already been established for Iowa for at least 12 years, and by the end of 1998, the "Extended Maharishi Effect" had been in place for at least 20 years. Also, Iowa has far exceeded EME requirement of the square root of 1% of the population involved in group TM-Sidhi practice -- with the largest group of TM-Sidhi practitioners in the United States, since 1979. By 1994, Iowa was reported to have 1600 people regularly practicing the TM-Sidhi program -- approx. 10 times the required 164 people; and by year 2000, Iowa (in Fairfield) was reported to have approximately 2000 people involved in TM-Sidhi practice. The crime indexes are based on the number of crimes per 100,000 population. Group "A" crime includes "violent crime" such as murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, etc.; "property crime" such as burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson, etc.; and also crimes such as narcotics and drug equipment violations. Group "B" crime includes bad checks, disorderly conduct, driving under the influence, liquor law violation, etc. Crime Comparison Between the State of Iowa and the States of Arkansas & Wisconsin 1991 - 1998   YEAR: 1991 State of Iowa POPULATION: 2.26 Million MURDER INDEX: 1.01 RAPE INDEX: 13.9 ROBBERY INDEX: 24.4 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 126.2 BURGLARY INDEX: 506.7 THEFT INDEX: 1931.8 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 91.0 YEAR: 1998 State of Iowa POPULATION: 2.68 Million MURDER INDEX: 2.5 RAPE INDEX: 26.3 ROBBERY INDEX: 41.4 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 220.7 BURGLARY INDEX: 619.9 THEFT INDEX: 2225.0 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 185.8 Summary for Iowa - Difference in 1991 & 1998 Crime Indexes: Murder index: increase of 244% Rape index: increase of 188% Robbery index: increase of 169% Agg Assault index: increase of 175% Burglary: increase of 122% Theft (Larceny) index: increase of 115% Motor Veh Theft index: increase of 204%   YEAR: 1991 State of Arkansas POPULATION: 2.35 Million MURDER INDEX: 11.3 RAPE INDEX: 44.8 ROBBERY INDEX: 136.9 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 404.9 BURGLARY INDEX: 1234.6 THEFT INDEX: 3034.2 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 343.7 YEAR: 1998 State of Arkansas POPULATION: 2.54 Million MURDER INDEX: 7.9 RAPE INDEX: 34.8 ROBBERY INDEX: 96.2 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 350.2 BURGLARY INDEX: 926.0 THEFT INDEX: 2569.8 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 282.3 Summary for Arkansas - Difference in 1991 & 1998 Crime Indexes: Murder index: decrease of 30% Rape index: decrease of 22% Robbery index: decrease of 30% Agg Assault index: decrease of 13% Burglary: decrease of 25% Theft (Larceny) index: decrease of 15% Motor Veh Theft index: decrease of 18%   YEAR: 1991 State of Wisconsin POPULATION: 4.9 Million MURDER INDEX: 4.9 RAPE INDEX: 25.6 ROBBERY INDEX: 119.9 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 130.9 BURGLARY INDEX: 757.5 THEFT INDEX: 3025.7 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 439.5 YEAR: 1998 State of Wisconsin POPULATION: 5.25 Million MURDER INDEX: 3.3 RAPE INDEX: 22.2 ROBBERY INDEX: 85.5 AGG ASSAULT INDEX: 137.9 BURGLARY INDEX: 558.6 THEFT INDEX: 2410.8 MOTOR VEH THEFT INDEX: 265.3 Summary for Wisconsin - Difference in 1991 & 1998 Crime Indexes: Murder index: decrease of 33% Rape index: decrease of 13% Robbery index: decrease of 29% Agg Assault index: increase of 5% Burglary: decrease of 26% Theft (Larceny) index: decrease of 20% Motor Veh Theft index: decrease of 40% Group "A" Violent, Property & Drug/Narcotics Crimes 1991 - 1998   YEAR: 1991 State of Iowa POPULATION: 2,258,729 VIOLENT CRIME: MURDER, nbr crimes: 23 RAPE, nbr crimes: 315 ROBBERY, nbr crimes: 551 AGG ASSAULT, nbr crimes: 2,851 KIDNAPPING, nbr crimes: 70 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 3,810 VIOLENT CRIME INDEX: 168.7 PROPERTY CRIME: BURGLARY, nbr crimes: 11,445 THEFT, nbr crimes: 43,635 MOTOR VEH THEFT, nbr crimes: 2,056 VAND OF PROP, nbr crimes: 21,278 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 78,414 PROPERTY CRIME INDEX: 3471.6 DRUG/NARCOTICS CRIME: DRUG/NARC VIOLA, nbr crimes: 1,555 DRUG EQUIP, nbr crimes: 227 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 1,782 DRUG/NARC CRIME INDEX: 78.9 YEAR: 1998 State of Iowa POPULATION: 2,678,2661 VIOLENT CRIME: MURDER, nbr crimes: 66 RAPE, nbr crimes: 704 ROBBERY, nbr crimes: 1,108 AGG ASSAULT, nbr crimes: 5,910 KIDNAPPING, nbr crimes: 128 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 7,916 VIOLENT CRIME INDEX: 295.6 PROPERTY CRIME: BURGLARY, nbr crimes: 16,603 THEFT, nbr crimes: 59,591 MOTOR VEH THEFT, nbr crimes: 4,977 VAND OF PROP, nbr crimes: 35,795 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 116,966 PROPERTY CRIME INDEX: 4367.2 DRUG/NARCOTICS CRIME: DRUG/NARC VIOLA, nbr crimes: 8,935 DRUG EQUIP, nbr crimes: 3,178 TOTAL, nbr crimes: 12,113 DRUG/NARC CRIME INDEX: 452.3   IOWA DOMESTIC ABUSE SUMMARY: 1991 Domestic Abuse Index: 106.2 1992 Domestic Abuse Index: 142.0 1993 Domestic Abuse Index: 181.1 1994 Domestic Abuse Index: 204.0 1995 Domestic Abuse Index: 238.7 1996 Domestic Abuse Index: 216.1 1997 Domestic Abuse Index: 227.1 1998 Domestic Abuse Index: 272.1 State of Iowa Juvenile Arrests 1991 - 1998   YEAR: 1991 State of Iowa JUVENILE POPULATION: 557,898 GROUP "A" CRIMES: 4,127 GROUP "A" INDEX: 739.7 GROUP "B" CRIMES: 5,018 GROUP "B" INDEX: 899.4 "A" & "B" CRIMES TOTAL: 9,145 "A" & "B" CRIME INDEX: 1639.2 YEAR: 1998 State of Iowa JUVENILE POPULATION: 658,308 GROUP "A" CRIMES: 13,302 GROUP "A" INDEX: 2020.6 GROUP "B" CRIMES: 11,119 GROUP "B" INDEX: 1689.0 "A" & "B" CRIMES TOTAL: 24,421 "A" & "B" CRIME INDEX: 3709.7 Notes to text: [1] Source: TMO's "Creating Heaven on Earth" - www.alltm.org/Maharishi/Maharishi_year2.html [2] Source: TMO's Maharishi University of Management - http://miu.edu/m_effect/index.html [3] Population figures based on 1998 statistics from the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety. [4] Source: TMO's Maharishi University of Management - http://miu.edu/m_effect/24_us/index.html [5] Crime statistics based on the Iowa Uniform Crime Reports. [6] Crime statistics based on the Arkansas Uniform Crime Reports and the Wisconsin Uniform Crime Reports.   [Home]