Many criminals in the United States suffer from mental illnesses, most commonly schizophrenia. Schizophrenia has many symptoms, some of them are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or speech, and abnormal behavior. Symptoms of schizophrenia in adolescents may include an absence of friends or family, a decline in academic performance, sleep disturbances, depressed or irritable mood, and a lack of motivation. In 1981 Steven Steinberg was accused of killing his wife Elena by stabbing her. with a kitchen knife 26 times. Steinberg called police that night and reported an attempted burglary gone wrong. Police did not find any break-ins. Steinberg committed murder in his sleep, people call it sleepwalking murder. Sleepwalking homicide is a parasomnia manifested by automatism, it can cause harmful or dangerous actions if committed in this state, although any harmful actions performed in this state of mind cannot be blamed on the perpetrator. Steinberg claims not to remember the crime, but does not deny it. He was found not guilty because he was temporarily insane. Steinberg was released because he was not held criminally responsible for his wife's death. Jeffrey Dahmer is a known sex offender, serial killer, cannibalist, necrophiliac, and dismemberer. His first murder occurred in 1978, Dahmer beat a hitchhiker, StevenHicks, to death while in the woods because "the guy wanted to leave and I didn't want him either." In September 1987, Dahmer met Steven Tuomi at a gay bar and killed him on impulse. Dahmer later claimed to have no memory. In 1988, Dahmer was arrested for giving drugs to and sexually fondling a thirteen-year-old boy. Jeffrey Dahmer committed 15 murders, preserving the bodies in a vat... middle of paper... for his role as a key witness. Atkins was sentenced to death, but his sentence was later commuted to life. She was in prison from 1969 until her death in 2009. The works cited "ADHD, Asperger's syndrome and autism can get you arrested." Broward Bar. 2014. Web. April 2014.Maioclinica “Bipolar Disorder”. 1998-2014. Network. May 8, 2014.Jones, Caitlin. “Genetic and environmental influences on criminal behavior.” Personalityresearch.2005. Network. April 30, 2014.Jones, Caitlin. "Personality disorders and traits". Personality research. 2005. Network. 30 April 2014. Maioclinica “Schizophrenia”. 1998-2014. Network. May 8, 2014.Tataro, Jeffrey. "Criminal behavior and personality disorder". Personality research. 2005. Network. April 30, 2014. Yoong, Gideon. “The 10 Most Famous Insanity Defense Cases.” Listverse. April 11, 2012. Web. May 8, 2014. “Charles Manson.” Biography. 2014. Web. 22 May 2014.