Per lecture and your textbook, which of the following is true concerning the perception most sex offenders are mentally ill?
???a. Previous studies have found only a small proportion of sex offenders fit the diagnostic criteria for serious mental illness.
b. The public is actually correct—most sex offenders experience serious mental illness which inhibits their compulsions to commit sex crimes.
c. Nationally, civil commitments affect a very small proportion of total sex offenders—indicating that most sex offenders will not be detained past their original prison sentences.
d. all of the above
e. only a and c are correct
Ans: e. only a and c are correct
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