NCJ Number
40145
Journal
Security World Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 13
Date Published
1977
Length
1 page
Annotation
HIGHLIGHTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH PSYCHOPATHIC ARSONISTS AND ARSON-FOR-PROFIT CRIMINALS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT THE TYPICAL PYROMANIAC IS A YOUNG MALE OF BELOW AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE WHO COMES FROM A BROKEN HOME AND HAS LIVED UNDER FRUSTRATING OR HARSH CIRCUMSTANCES MOST OF HIS LIFE. THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD HIS MOTIVE FOR SETTING FIRES IS REVENGE AGAINST A PERSON, INSTITUTION, OR SOCIETY IN GENERAL. MANY ARSONISTS ARE ALSO IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW FOR OTHER UNRELATED CRIMES. OTHER MAJOR TYPES OF ARSONISTS ARE CRIMINALS WHO SET FIRES TO COVER UP THEIR CRIMES, ARSONISTS CONTRACTED TO SET FIRES, AND PERSONS SETTING FIRES TO FRAUDULENTLY COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY....DMC