Fire-Raising: Its Motivation and Management

ISBN-13: 9780415059855 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 128 str.

Herschel A. Prins; Hers Prins Prof

Opis

In recent years, fire-raising has become an increasing problem in Britain and elsewhere, and the cost in both human and economic terms has risen sharply. The phenomenon is also known as arson (the legal term), incendiarism, fire-setting and pyromania. The author has chosen the term fire-raising because it encompasses all these other terms.

Recenzje

`This book provides an extremely readable, comprehensive and invaluable survey of fire setting.' - Forensic Update

`... both readable and useful. ... the references are a useful guide to further study for the practitioner.' - British Journal of Social Work

`... a mass of informative data of great use to professionals and those in the caring agencies who may be involved with treating fire-raising offenders' - British Journal of Criminology

`... a good introductory book on the subject and would be useful to student psychologists and to anyone generally interested in the subject.' - Arene Kerrigan, Psychologist, HMP Wandsworth

Spis treści

1 PREAMBLE 2 CONTEXT 3 THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM AND LEGAL ASPECTS 4 THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRE-RAISING 5 ADULT FIRE-RAISERS: MOTIVES AND MANAGEMENT 6 CHILD FIRE-RAISERS: MOTIVES AND MANAGEMENT 7 WIDER ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION

O autorze

Herschel Prins is a professor at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Loughborough, and Visiting Professor in Clinical Criminology, Nottingham Trent University.