02-20-2011, 03:06 AM
From a Swedish study:
"By age 30, 57 percent of mentally retarded men living in the community had been convicted of at least one crime, compared to 32 percent of the nonretarded men. This trend held for all types of offenses--violent crimes (such as rape and assault), thefts, frauds, vandalism, serious traffic violations (such as driving without a license), drug-related crimes, and other offenses (including tax evasion and sexual crimes other than rape)."
I'm looking for US crime rates for the mentally retarded. We may be too PC to track them. Or it may be hard to tell who is actually retarded in prison.
"By age 30, 57 percent of mentally retarded men living in the community had been convicted of at least one crime, compared to 32 percent of the nonretarded men. This trend held for all types of offenses--violent crimes (such as rape and assault), thefts, frauds, vandalism, serious traffic violations (such as driving without a license), drug-related crimes, and other offenses (including tax evasion and sexual crimes other than rape)."
I'm looking for US crime rates for the mentally retarded. We may be too PC to track them. Or it may be hard to tell who is actually retarded in prison.