Firesetting and Mental Health

Herausgeber: Dickins, Geoffrey L; Gannon, Teresa A; Sugarman, Philip A

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive look at the issue of firesetting by people with mental disorder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781908020376
• ISBN-10: 1908020377
• Artikelnr.: 42356191

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.