Monday, January 22, 2007

How a pill a day could keep the riot squad away in Scottish prisons / Scotsman, 22 Jan 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=110342007
LYNDSAY MOSS
"Prison study will examine link between diet and behaviour. Smaller 2002 study saw 40 per cent drop in violent incidents. Critics argue money should be spent on improving prison meals.
Key quote "Crime in this country has gone up inexorably and what has changed in recent years apart from diet? It can't be due to genetics. We can talk about the breakdown in family life until we are blue in the face, but all the psychiatric and social care provided has not stopped the rate of rising crime."