Yoga, meditation and breathing exercises could help cut rates of violent crime in Scotland, says Professor Ross Deuchar.
This summer there have been some worrying signs that violence is still a big issue in the west of Scotland. News of school pupils being attacked and stabbed in Clarkston came within days of the murder of Dominic Brown as a result of a knife attack in Clydebank. This came on the heels of a gangland shooting in Scotstoun in May, following on from a series of other incidents involving firearms that had occurred across Glasgow earlier in the year.
It is certainly true to say that violent crime rates have considerably decreased over the last decade. However, recent events have begun to create a concern that the positive trends may be reversing. Perhaps the time has come to look for fresh ideas about how best to reduce violence, particularly among young men, and to gain inspiration from Scandinavian countries like Denmark. Scotland and Denmark have comparable population sizes, but very different violent offending rates.
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