Wellington - Classical music piped through speakers has dramatically reduced crime rates in the centre of New Zealand's second largest city, retailers said on Monday.
They said the introduction of soothing music from composers such as Mozart had seen the number of anti-social incidents attended by security guards in Christchurch's City Mall fall from 86 a week in 2008 to two a week this year.
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They said the introduction of soothing music from composers such as Mozart had seen the number of anti-social incidents attended by security guards in Christchurch's City Mall fall from 86 a week in 2008 to two a week this year.
http://www.channel24.co.za/News/International/Classical-music-cuts-crime-in-NZ-20101108
apologies for the date of this story