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Author
Vreeland, R. G. | Levin, B. M.
Title
Psychological Aspects of Firesetting.
Coporate
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Book or Conf
Fires and Human Behavior, John Wiley and Sons, New York, Canter, D., Editors, 31-46 p., 1980
Keywords
human behavior | arson | firesetters | psychological effects
Abstract
Arson and firesetting have caused increasingly serious economic, social, and health care problems. Data provided by Teague provide some indication of the rapid increase in arson in the United States. In 1964 there were 30,900 fires of confirmed or suspected incendiary origin, causing 60 million dollars in direct losses.