Posted on 02/20/2008 4:02:03 PM PST by blam
Violent criminals calmed by scent of oranges
By Joan Clements in The Hague
Last Updated: 1:08am GMT 20/02/2008
Calming: scent of an orange
Hardened criminals in the Netherlands become less aggressive and have fewer fights when exposed to the scent of oranges, a study has found.
Rotterdam police said the four week study suggested that criminals, many of them violent drug pushers, are calmer and more malleable when the perfumes are circulated through cell air vents.
The head of police social services, Herma Heester, said: "It's amazing, fighting in the cells has been dramatically reduced and we are using 10 per cent fewer sedation drugs".
Rotterdam has one of the highest crime rates in the Netherlands, with violent drug-related crimes accounting for more than half of arrests.
Ironic twist to “A Clockwork Orange.”
They’d probably find a similar effect with many food scents like vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate, etc.
Roll out the grapefruit cannons.
“violent drug pushers”...”are using 10 per cent fewer sedation drugs”
A lady who runs a health food store here said they have given ZINC to inmates and it calmed them. She said bad behavior can be a zinc deficiency.
A room or cell used to hold drunks that is painted pink has the same effect on drunks.
In the interest of science, I should leave the seat up tonight, then expose the old she to the scent of oranges after she takes a dip.
Upon meeting his new cell mate, one prisoner asked of the other, “Orange you glad to meet me?”
But does it work on toddlers?
REEEEEE CO LAAAAAAAAAA
THANK YOU BILLY!!!!!!
Believe me, if they want to calm the prisoners, Billy Mays is NOT the ticket. His rabid commercials have been known to induce manic and psychotic episodes in the unstable, and marked agitation in otherwise balanced subjects. It’s a medical fact.
My friend said a heather scented bath calms her grandaughter. I like the scent of roses.
WORTH A TRY on toddlers. Put a teaspoon of Benadryl in orange juice!
And it kills termites too’!
Interesting. It would be nice to see what other possible variables were at play. Perhaps something in the scent of oranges triggers a specific chemical response... If true, the question then becomes is it a component in the perfume or in oranges themselves, and if so what applications that might have.
If this turns out to be true, how long before we could expect to smell oranges everytime we walk into a building? Would that be a sensible precaution for businesses/agencies to take, or the first step on a possible slippery slope?
What about beating the most violent with bags of oranges?
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