What Is the Connection Between Mental Illness and Crime?

The crime of mental illness is also called the crime of mental disorder. According to statistics from foreign countries, many of those who violate the law are mentally ill. People with schizophrenia, mental retardation, epilepsy, abnormal personality, and transient mental disorders are extremely prone to offensive behavior. In the United Kingdom in 1971, mental patients accounted for 9.9% of detainees; in 1972, 9.4% of detainees were incarcerated, and the abnormal personality of prisoners was estimated to reach 40-60%. ^[1]