Firesetting and Mental Health

About the editors: Geoffrey L. Dickens – Research Manager and Head of Nursing Research at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton and Senior Lecturer at the University of Northampton. Philip A. Sugarman – Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton. Theresa A. Gannon – Reader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Part I. Theory and Research: 1. Adult firesetters: prevalence, characteristics and psychopathology Geoff Dickens and Philip Sugarman; 2. Theories on arson: the action systems model Katarina Fritzon; 3. Differentiating firesetters: lessons from the literature on motivation and dangerousness Geoff Dickens and Philip Sugarman; 4. The potential relevance of brain dysfunction in arson Mairead Dolan and Troy E. McEwan; 5. The developmental aspects of firesetting Sherri MacKay, Erin M. Ruttle and Ashley K. Ward; 6. Intellectual disability and arson John Devapriam and Sabyasachi Bhaumik; 7. Female arsonists and firesetters Theresa A. Gannon, Nichola Tyler, Magali Barnoux and Afroditi Pina; 8. Power and excitement in arson: the case of firefighter arson Rebekah M. Doley and Kenneth R. Fineman; Part II. Practice and Law: 9. Legal perspectives on arson Sally Averill; 10. Assessment of firesetters Rebekah M. Doley and Bruce D. Watt; 11. Bushfire and wildfire arson: arson risk assessment in the Australian context Troy E. McEwan, Rebekah M. Doley and Mairead Dolan; 12. Arson: treatment and interventions Clive R. Hollin; 13. Arson and mental health: case reports from psychiatric practice Tim Rogers; 14. Fire risk and fire safety in psychiatric care Allan Grice.