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mentally ill offenders
Definition
- Crime by mentally ill people has become a matter of heightened public concern in recent years. The inpatient population of mental hospitals in the United States shrunk from a peak of 550,000 in 1955 to 70,000 in 2000. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Mentally Ill Offenders]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mentally_ill_offenders
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