With regard to the mentally ill, popular opinion holds that
A) the mentally ill are more dangerous than those who are not mentally ill.
B) the mentally ill are less dangerous than those who are not mentally ill.
C) those who are mentally ill and those who are not are equally dangerous.
D) mental illness is unrelated to level of dangerousness.
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