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"The overall rate of criminal offenses was 35 times higher in the homeless mentally ill population than in the domiciled mentally ill population. The rate of vi
by ALittleLight 5y ago
"The overall rate of criminal offenses was 35 times higher in the homeless mentally ill population than in the domiciled mentally ill population. The rate of violent crimes was 40 times higher and the rate of nonviolent crimes 27 times higher in the homeless population. Homeless defendants were significantly more likely to have been charged with victimizing strangers."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7641002/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7641002/
You could find an unending stream of such results. It's common sense that drug addicted mentally ill people will engage in more anti-social behavior, crime included.
- Schiendelman 5y agoYou just changed your population from “the mentally ill AND homeless” to “the mentally ill homeless.” Very different claims. I understand you mean well but this isn’t helping.
- ALittleLight 5y agoThis point is, and has always been, about the mentally ill homeless. Mental illness, is, of course, more common in the homeless than in the general population. Here is the grandparent: "very sad upswing of mentally ill on the streets and subways. They may frighten tourists, but are harmless" Here is the parent: "The mentally ill and homeless are vastly more likely to be dangerous" So, no. The population hasn't changed even slightly. I guess it's also possible that you misread my quote and didn't see or understand the second sentence which I will repeat for you here. "The rate of violent crimes was 40 times higher and the rate of nonviolent crimes 27 times higher in the homeless population."