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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: stsimon who wrote (211783)12/16/2012 11:53:30 AM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (3) of 541129
 
Now that the severely mentally ill roam freely among us, what do we do as a society to protect the rights of the sick without exposing the rest of us to unspeakable crimes?

I haven't seen studies which suggest that the "mentally ill" are more likely to engage in these crimes than the "not mentally ill." Obviously, that depends on just how broad the term "mentally ill" is construed.

My own somewhat educated guess is that, using a proper, clinically drawn definition, they are no more likely than the "mentally not ill." Perhaps even less so.
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