Arson: A Clinical Study Journal Articles

abstract

• Psychiatric, psychosocial and medicolegal issues related to 34 arsonists and 50 controls are described. Arson was most frequently committed by males who suffered from personality disorder, mental retardation or depressive neurosis. Poor school and work records also characterized their background when compared to the control forensic psychiatric patients. The offence more frequently occurred within a one mile radius of their own home in residential property. Revenge or a “cry for help” was the most frequent motivation for the firesetting activity.

authors

• Bradford, John

status

• published 

publication date

• April 1982

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Dangerous Behavior (MeSH)
• Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders (MeSH)
• Family Characteristics (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Firesetting Behavior (MeSH)
• Forensic Psychiatry (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Mental Disorders (MeSH)
• Motivation (MeSH)
• Ontario (MeSH)
• Psychiatry (Science Metrix)
• Socioeconomic Factors (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Dangerous Behavior
• Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
• Family Characteristics
• Female
• Firesetting Behavior
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Humans
• Male
• Mental Disorders
• Motivation
• Ontario
• Socioeconomic Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/070674378202700302

PubMed ID

• 7093871

start page

• 188

end page

• 193

volume

• 27

issue

• 3