Question 10
What is known about mental disorders and crime?
- Mentally ill offenders are more likely to have low recidivism rates than nonmentally ill offenders.
- It is possible that the link between mental illness and crime is spurious and caused by some other factor.
- Male offenders seem to have more serious mental health disorders than do female offenders.
- Research suggests that people who suffer from mental illness seem to be less antisocial than members of the general population.