The special report by the bureau of justice statistics (bjs) suggest about the amount of mental illness in the criminal justice system " Probation or parole populations being disproportionately composed of people with mental conditions.".
People with mental illness are overrepresented in probation and parole populations. More than 80% designated mental health professional shortage areas are rural and typically lack even a single professional working in the mental health disciplines.
Antisocial personality disorder is the most common diagnosis in prisoners. ASPD is criticized with there being controversy over weather it constitutes a mental illness and suggest that it is no more than a moral judgement given a diagnostic label.
Therefore, It found that men with major mental disorders were 21/2 times more likely than men with no disorder or handicap to be registered for criminal offense.
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