Summarize the relationship between mental illness and crime

What will be an ideal response?


Mentally ill individuals may be more likely to lack financial resources and live in high risk areas. Police may be more likely to arrest the mentally ill. Those with severe mental illness are at greater risk for victimization. Individuals may self-medicate, which may be linked to criminal behavior. Association in the research is not clear cut.

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Brutally remorseless, radically impulsive and extremely dangerous youngsters who continually commit violent crimes are referred to as ______.

What will be an ideal response?

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Cesare Lombroso's work replaced the concept of ______, which had reigned for over a century as the principle that explained criminal behavior.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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According to Model Rule 3.3, this rule:

a. States that legal representation should not be denied to those who are unable to afford legal services b. Adopts flexibility by allowing a lawyer to not be obliged to accept a client whose character or cause the lawyer regards as repugnant c. Requires lawyers must take “reasonable remedial measures” when they come to know evidence is false d. Allows a lawyer to withdraw representation if the client insists upon pursuing objectives the lawyer finds repugnant or prudent

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Considered one of the founders of sociology, ________________, defined crime as a normal and necessary social event

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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