Which of the following research observations is true of violence by mentally ill people?
A. Mentally ill women who commit violence are more likely to have been drinking before the violence and to be arrested following it than mentally ill men.
B. Mentally ill women commit violent acts against strangers more often than do mentally ill men.
C. Research has suggested that violence by mentally ill women tends to be overestimated by clinicians.
D. Clinicians do not probe mentally ill women for evidence of a tendency toward violence as much as they do mentally ill men.
Answer: D
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