EQ: WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON REASON PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES?
ANSWER 2: People with mental disorders are more likely to commit crimes.
EVIDENCE: Mentall illness symptoms impair judgement and can violate social norms.
In 2006, the number of mentally ill inmates in U.S. prisons and jails have quadrupled since 2000- from 283,000 inmates to 1.25 million.
Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in a psychiatric hospital.
SOURCES: "Psychiatric Illness Associated With Criminality", Michael Menaster, MD, MA
"More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals", Partnership for Safety and Justice
Straight Talk about Criminals: Understanding and Treating Antisocial Individuals- "“Biological/Genetic Contributions to Criminality Need Not Preordain Incarceration”, Stanton E. Samenow
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