Before considering whether there exists a link between mental disorder and violent crime it is important to fully understand the definitions of both of these. Violent crime can be defined as crime, which uses threatened or actual force in a physical, sexual, psychological or neglectful way with high likelihood of injury, death, or psychological harm. This includes both crime in which intentional violence is the main objective i.e. Murder and crimes where violence is the means to an end i.e. Robbery, rape
