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Fire-Raising: Its motivation and management

Autor Herschel Prins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 noi 1993
In recent years, fire-raising has become an increasing problem in Britain and elsewhere, and now involves many professionals in the investigation and management of those who set fires. The motives of fire-raisers are complex and their behaviour is hard to change. Herschel Prins sets the problem in an historical and anthropological context, examines the size of the problem, its investigation and motivation, in a way which will enable more effective management.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415059855
ISBN-10: 0415059852
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Professional Practice & Development

Recenzii

`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

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

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.

Descriere

Fire-raising is an increasing problem. The motives of fire-raisers are complex and their behaviour hard to change. Prins examines the size of the problem, its investigation and motivation, leading the way to more effective management.