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Risk Factors For Recidivistic Arson In Adult Offenders, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman, Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, Troy E. Mcewan
Risk Factors For Recidivistic Arson In Adult Offenders, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman, Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, Troy E. Mcewan
Katarina Fritzon
This article reviews the current literature on known risk factors for recidivistic arson, with a particular focus on factors that could be used to differentiate serial from ‘‘oneoff’’ arson offenders. The relevance of risk factors for general reoffending to recidivistic arson is discussed, including the role of criminal history, mental illness, and sociodemographic factors. The specific roles of offence-related affect, cognitions, and the offender’s interest in fire are considered, with recommendations for how theories from other areas of forensic psychology, such as the sex offender assessment and treatment literature, might be applied to the issue of deliberate fire-setting. Finally, protective …
Risk Factors For Recidivistic Arson In Adult Offenders, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman, Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, Troy Mcewan
Risk Factors For Recidivistic Arson In Adult Offenders, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman, Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, Troy Mcewan
Rebekah Doley
This article reviews the current literature on known risk factors for recidivistic arson, with a particular focus on factors that could be used to differentiate serial from ‘‘oneoff’’ arson offenders. The relevance of risk factors for general reoffending to recidivistic arson is discussed, including the role of criminal history, mental illness, and sociodemographic factors. The specific roles of offence-related affect, cognitions, and the offender’s interest in fire are considered, with recommendations for how theories from other areas of forensic psychology, such as the sex offender assessment and treatment literature, might be applied to the issue of deliberate fire-setting. Finally, protective …
Variations In The Offence Actions Of Deliberate Firesetters: A Cross-National Analysis, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Kerrilee Hollows
Variations In The Offence Actions Of Deliberate Firesetters: A Cross-National Analysis, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Kerrilee Hollows
Rebekah Doley
Since Canter and Fritzon first introduced their “4D” classification system for arson, many studies have replicated the model with samples of arsonists from around the world. However, scholars have reported differences in the offence actions of arsonists across samples. No study as yet has attempted to statically examine the relevance of these differences. Using multidimensional scaling procedures and two-way chi-square contingency analyses, this study examined whether cross-national differences in arson variables existed between Australian and British arsonists. The results indicated that differences did exist and, furthermore, that differences reflected the environmental characteristics of the country from which each sample was …
Profiling Arson, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Ryan Bell
Profiling Arson, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Ryan Bell
Rebekah Doley
Overview: Criminal psychological profiling is the forensic technique of inferring personal, psychological, demographic, and behavioral characteristics of offenders based on crime scene evidence. While the majority of research concerning criminal pro-filing has been focused on the investigation of crimes of sexual violence such as murder and rape, criminal psychological profiling is frequently described as being applicable to the investigation of serial arson crimes, and the frequency with which psychological profiling has been used in the investigation of arson crimes has been growing steadily over the past 30 years (Drabsch 2004; Kocsis 2004, 2006; Turvey1999). This current entry reviews the growing …