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Originally Posted by pylon
I think my biggest issue is you can point to mental illness of some type in every single type of violent crime.
Molested a kid - Oh, he's a pedophile, not his fault.
Killed someone to get a promotion - Oh, narcissistic personality disorder.. all he cares about is himself, not his fault.
Killed and ate someone to give it a try - Obviously a psychopath, not his fault.
Got dumped and kill your girlfriend as a result - Probably a combo of a sociopath and borderline personality disorder... again, out of their control.
That is where we are headed, and soon everyone will start getting free passes as a result. It shocked me that Luka Magnotta wasn't let off, when he had numerous documented disorders. Yet somehow Li got a pass.
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You might want to read the below..
Mental Illness Not Usually Linked to Crime, Research Finds
Most offenders didn’t display pattern of crime related to mental illness symptoms over their lifetime, according to study
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WASHINGTON — In a study of crimes committed by people with serious mental disorders, only 7.5 percent were directly related to symptoms of mental illness, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Researchers analyzed 429 crimes committed by 143 offenders with three major types of mental illness and found that 3 percent of their crimes were directly related to symptoms of major depression, 4 percent to symptoms of schizophrenia disorders and 10 percent to symptoms of bipolar disorder.
“When we hear about crimes committed by people with mental illness, they tend to be big headline-making crimes so they get stuck in people’s heads,” said lead researcher Jillian Peterson, PhD. “The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent, not criminal and not dangerous.”
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http://www.apa.org/news/press/releas...ess-crime.aspx