Why should the link between crime and mental illness be interpreted with caution?

a. Only a small minority of seriously mentally ill people commit violent crime.
b. Very few people with mental illness are available to be studied.
c. There are very few people in prison who have been identified as having mental illness.
d. Punishment is very effective in stopping mentally ill offenders from committing violent crime.


Ans: a. Only a small minority of seriously mentally ill people commit violent crime.

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