An Illinois undersheriff, commenting on some of offenders he must deal with: ”They’re really not criminals; they’re mental-health patients”.

And indeed many more of America’s healthcare and law- enforcement system challenges could be better addressed if there were more understanding of the huge role that mental and behavioral health play in crime and in more overtly “physical-health” matters.

And why don’t more of the mentally ill take their medication?

Because they’re mentally ill.