Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The stress of being involved in the criminal justice process can itself serve as a causal factor for some mental illness.
2. Most sex offenders are housed within the general population of the correctional institution.
3. Skiving is a term used for inmates who falsely claim and consciously fake symptoms of an illness.
4. The general public consensus is that capital punishment is the best sentence of sex offenders.
5. Mental health care services begin at the point of screening.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. False

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