> So among that group of mentally ill, what’s the violence rate compared to the “general population.” It’s going to necessarily be higher.
This doesn't follow. People don't call the police for mentally bill people being violent, they call for them being disruptive, or in the best case, perceiving the mentally ill person as a threat.
Neither of those implies any violent action on the part of the mentally ill person. People are primed to assume that any sort of abnormal behavior is dangerous or implies potential for violence. That doesn't really follow.
Not do we even touch on second order effects like how escalating aggression with mentally ill person will lead to more aggression in response.
What we do have, already, is fairly conclusive data that these policies do work, in other nations and our own.
This doesn't follow. People don't call the police for mentally bill people being violent, they call for them being disruptive, or in the best case, perceiving the mentally ill person as a threat.
Neither of those implies any violent action on the part of the mentally ill person. People are primed to assume that any sort of abnormal behavior is dangerous or implies potential for violence. That doesn't really follow.
Not do we even touch on second order effects like how escalating aggression with mentally ill person will lead to more aggression in response.
What we do have, already, is fairly conclusive data that these policies do work, in other nations and our own.