Three Types Of Arsonists
All around the world, there are crimes happening every five seconds a day. One crime that causes over thousands of dollars in damage, is arson and done by pyromaniacs. A pyromaniac is a person who has pyromania, which means a person who has an obsession over fire. Arson is a malicious burning of the dwelling of another though the actual crime may entail the burning of any structure or object. There are different types of arsonists. One may be a serial arsonist, who is someone that habitually and compulsively sets fires. Most serial arsonists commit a serial arson which is an offense committed by fire setters who set three or more fires within a significant cooling-off period in between fires. Not only are there certain types of arsonists, but there is a large difference of male arsonists and female arsonists. Male arsonists are most notable of being caucasian and being in their mid teens to mid 20s. With male arsonists, they are most likely to be unemployed with a blue-collar background. Also, most male arsonists have been profiled
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by investigators to be living all by themselves or to be living with their parents. When an arson occurs, investigators must look to try and determine a common motive as to why they would do the damage.
One of the most common motives is to feel some kind of power, whether it be obtaining power, demonstrating power, maintaining power, and acquiring power. Maintaining power is one that stands out because if an arsonist finds a way to obtain power over a crime, they would want to keep that feeling of power which would cause them to create more fires and more damaged scenes. Another motive vandalism, or also known as malicious mischief, which can be shown through break-ins, graffiti, setting fires, and robbery. A motive that is seen very often is revenge. Depending on the criminal’s background and if they have a history through the court system, the could have all sorts of reasons of revenge. Revenge could be towards a person this criminal had a relationship with, family or spouse, or could be revenge to law
enforcement.
Not only are there different kinds of motives or different types of arsonists, but there are six different types of arson as well. The first type of arson is curiosity or accidental. The ones who commit this type of crime are non pathological fire-setters. The most common type, they often don’t completely understand the consequences of their actions. The age for this category would generally be around the ages of 5-10 year olds. For an intervention of people who commit this first type of arson could be attending a fire-safety course or parent training.
The second type of arson is called “cry-for-help”. In this category, it is children who use or play with fire to bring attention to themselves. The common problems that go along with this type of arson are depression, ADHD (attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder), or even family stress.
The third type of arson is delinquent. This is the one for fire-setters who often show very minimal empathy or sorrow for others, but they tend to avoid harming others. The age range for this category of arson is 11 years old to teenagers, typically 15 year olds. With this age group of kids, they tend to cause much more property damage and often shows common aggression and conduct issues.
The fourth type of arson is the severely disturbed. Within this type of arson, like it is mentioned in the name, is full of very disturbed people. In this category, is the children who a have a high fixation on all kinds of fire. The children who are categorized here have many problems, like large amounts of paranoia, harmful to themselves or to others, and have disorders such as ADHD or psychotic disorders.
Fifth on the different types of arson list is the cognitively impaired. This type is for the developmentally disabled and or the impaired children. These kids tend to lack good judgement, but avoid to intentionally hurt or harm others. With this category of arson, the most common thing you find is the significance of property damage.
The sixth and finally type of arson is sociocultural. Sociocultural means of or involving both social and cultural factors. This is for the children who set fires for support from their peers or from their community groups. Such as the fires set during riots or fires set in a religious fever.
by investigators to be living all by themselves or to be living with their parents. When an arson occurs, investigators must look to try and determine a common motive as to why they would do the damage.
One of the most common motives is to feel some kind of power, whether it be obtaining power, demonstrating power, maintaining power, and acquiring power. Maintaining power is one that stands out because if an arsonist finds a way to obtain power over a crime, they would want to keep that feeling of power which would cause them to create more fires and more damaged scenes. Another motive vandalism, or also known as malicious mischief, which can be shown through break-ins, graffiti, setting fires, and robbery. A motive that is seen very often is revenge. Depending on the criminal’s background and if they have a history through the court system, the could have all sorts of reasons of revenge. Revenge could be towards a person this criminal had a relationship with, family or spouse, or could be revenge to law
enforcement.
Not only are there different kinds of motives or different types of arsonists, but there are six different types of arson as well. The first type of arson is curiosity or accidental. The ones who commit this type of crime are non pathological fire-setters. The most common type, they often don’t completely understand the consequences of their actions. The age for this category would generally be around the ages of 5-10 year olds. For an intervention of people who commit this first type of arson could be attending a fire-safety course or parent training.
The second type of arson is called “cry-for-help”. In this category, it is children who use or play with fire to bring attention to themselves. The common problems that go along with this type of arson are depression, ADHD (attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder), or even family stress.
The third type of arson is delinquent. This is the one for fire-setters who often show very minimal empathy or sorrow for others, but they tend to avoid harming others. The age range for this category of arson is 11 years old to teenagers, typically 15 year olds. With this age group of kids, they tend to cause much more property damage and often shows common aggression and conduct issues.
The fourth type of arson is the severely disturbed. Within this type of arson, like it is mentioned in the name, is full of very disturbed people. In this category, is the children who a have a high fixation on all kinds of fire. The children who are categorized here have many problems, like large amounts of paranoia, harmful to themselves or to others, and have disorders such as ADHD or psychotic disorders.
Fifth on the different types of arson list is the cognitively impaired. This type is for the developmentally disabled and or the impaired children. These kids tend to lack good judgement, but avoid to intentionally hurt or harm others. With this category of arson, the most common thing you find is the significance of property damage.
The sixth and finally type of arson is sociocultural. Sociocultural means of or involving both social and cultural factors. This is for the children who set fires for support from their peers or from their community groups. Such as the fires set during riots or fires set in a religious fever.