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Old 01-06-2009, 02:57 PM   #74
DanaC
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Originally Posted by wolf View Post

More jurisdictions do need the option of Guilty but Mentally Ill. That puts the individual in prison, but also recognizes their need for treatment.

That makes sense. I've been wonderng about it, because I'd read elsewhere that people with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators, but that wasn't gelling with the apparently high number of convicted criminals with severe mental illness.
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