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Essay Violence and Mental Illness

   

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Essay- “Are people withmental health problems atincreased risk of violentoffending? Discuss.”

Table of ContentsTopic- “Are people with mental health problems at increased risk of violent offending. Discuss.”..........................................................................................................................................................1REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Topic- “Are people with mental health problems at increased risk of violentoffending. Discuss.”Violence and harm to others is caused by one or more individuals due to certain traumaticconditions of their mind or due to sudden outbreak of emotions which cannot be controlled. Ahealthy person is the one who has sound mind and sound body (Khalifeh and et. al., 2015). Thepresence of a healthy body with no ailments and life threatening diseases is supportive in healthyliving when mental conditions are balanced. In this essay, an elaborative discussion is producedwith regards to increase in the risk of violent offending in case of individuals who are mentallyill. There have been various studies and researches directed in this area to detect the prevalenceof mental disorders when getting convicted for outrageous crimes and injuries to innocentpeople.Crime is a kind of action which is against the law. The inclusion or violence and brutalharm to the victim leads to development of cases which are categorised as criminal violence.There is use of certain element which threatens the victim in violent crimes (van Dorsselaer andet. al., 2014). For instance, murders, rape, attempt for murders, kidnapping, torturing, etc. aresome of the violent crimes which prevail in the society since ages. The intensity of these crimeshas risen to a great extent with difference in brutality. The psychological state of a person plays avital role in deciding the nature of crime. For instance, a victim accused for murdering her rapistis said to have committed a crime in self-defence. On the other hand, taking another example in which a person has committed 10 murdersjust for the psychological solace. This kind of violent crimes are categorised as acts which areintended to cause an injury. It is quite important to understand the mental state of such a personwho like causing injuries to innocent people without any reason. Violent offending is a kind ofsubset for violent behaviours (Stuart, 2003). The aggression accumulated by a person due tocertain situations or circumstances is transformed into violent acts. Hence, this kind of acts aretermed as violent offending. Short and et. al. (2012) stated that violence is directly proportionalto aggression which requires treatment in stipulated time. As per the legal codes, violentoffending is referred to violent actions which contravene or breach the legislations and rules.Various researchers have proposed in their findings that there is great link of mental disordersand violent offending. 1

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