- Author
- Levin, B. M.
- Title
- Psychological Characteristics of Firesetters.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire and Arson Investigator, Vol. 27, No. 4, 12-22, January/March 1977 <b>AND</b> Fire Journal, Vol. 70, No. 2, 36-41, March 1976,
- Keywords
- firesetters | psychology | psychological effects
- Abstract
- What type of person deliberately sets destructive fires? To most of us, the hideousness of the act suggests that the firesetter has a behavior or personality disorder that would ause or permit him to set the fire. In this article we shall discuss briefly some of the psychological characteristics of malicious firesetters based largely on data and conclusions found in the technical literature.