Which of the Following Research Observations Is True of Violence

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following research observations is true of violence by mentally ill people?

• A)Research has suggested that violence by mentally ill women tends to be overestimated by clinicians.
• B)Mentally ill women commit violent acts against strangers more often than do mentally ill men.
• C)Mentally ill women who commit violence are more likely to have been drinking before the violence and to be arrested following it than mentally ill men.
• D)Clinicians do not probe mentally ill women for evidence of a tendency toward violence as much as they do mentally ill men.

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