We hear on the news how a person has committed a homicide, or even a treacherous crime. The first thing that comes to mind is that something is wrong with this person, but in reality, there is nothing wrong with them. So, are mentally ill people also criminals? Studies suggest there is no correlation between mental illness and crime. Why do we tend to think that people with mental disorders are so dangerous? According to a recent survey that was conducted. About 60 percent of those surveyed said they thought people with schizophrenia were dangerous. But are they really as dangerous as everyone makes them out to be? As stated on the following website, “Schizophrenia.com”: “People with schizophrenia are much more likely to harm themselves than to be violent toward the public. Violence is not a symptom of schizophrenia. News and entertainment media tend to associate mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, with criminal violence. However, most people with schizophrenia are not violent towards others, but withdraw into themselves and prefer to be alone. Drug or alcohol abuse increases the risk of violence in people with schizophrenia, particularly if the illness is left untreated, but also in people without mental illness. When violence occurs, it most often targets family members and friends, and most often takes place at home. but to themselves. Schizophrenia is defined as “a psychiatric disorder accompanied by symptoms of withdrawal: a serious psychiatric disorder accompanied by symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality and withdrawal. is no better than being mentally ill. Knowing someone with this type of disorder, they harm themselves more than others. So why, as people who are not around people with this disorder, do we think people with this disorder are so criminally deficient? For starters, the way the world sees people is that if you have a mental illness, anything done wrong is the person's sole fault when in reality. . They did nothing but themselves. When people commit crimes, something has to go through their heads to know what they're doing. Most of the crimes committed today are committed by people who are not even from our country. Take 9/11 for example. This was a big thing that affected most, if not all, of the United States. When bin Laden sent his people to crash into our twin towers where MANY people worked.