Archives of General Psychiatry points out that “more than one-fourth of individuals with severe mental illness were victims of violent crime in the past year … In addition, the annual incidence of violent crime in persons with severe mental illness who live in the community is more than four times higher than that in the general population, said Dr. Teplin, who is director of the Psycho-Legal Studies Program at the Feinberg School.”
[Thanks Darby Penny]