Many Prisoners have Mental Disorders - UK Story

“From the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it is described

as an illness that is characterized by psychotic symptoms and significant interpersonal or

occupational dysfunction that persist for a period of at least six months. The term

psychotic refers to symptoms that indicate an impairment in the patient’s ability to

comprehend reality. This includes beliefs that have no basis in reality and that are not

susceptible to corrective feedback [delusions], and sensory perceptions that have no

identifiable external; source. [hallucinations]. “

This is an extremely important topic because people with mental disorders should

be treated differently from normal criminals. This is because a mental illness has an

adverse effect on the brain and often cause the person to loose some touch with reality,

resulting in clouded judgment. If a person’s judgment of what society believes is ‘right

and wrong’ becomes deluded by an unstable mental clarity, then they may commit a

crime without the full knowledge that what he or she is doing is wrong. Therefore

My hypothesis on the questions asked is that a large amount of crime is schizophrenia related and that acceptable punishment will differ in most cases, but will involve mental treatment as well as physically removing the offender from the society.

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