L ess than 20% of Canadi-ans charged with arson are women, but when women set fires
their actions are likely to be far more dangerous and dramatic than those of their male …

This study describes women accused of setting fires in the City of New York who were
evaluated between 1980 and 1983 at the Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York …

This paper is a detailed study of a sample of 15 female arsonists. A review of the literature
suggests that arson is seen more frequently in males with female firesetters usually …

Few studies of arsonists have focused specifically on females, many of whom have
historically avoided prosecution. This study examines demographic details …

I t is most unfortunate that a mechanical problem is being dealt with in a nonmechanical
fashion. Stasis dermatitis by definition is dueto venous stasis in the legs, the associated …

Arson is a socially costly, complex, and little-studied phenomenon in America. Fire setting, or
incendiarism, is on the increase, and it costs America billions of dollars and an estimated …

Understanding the aetiology of arson and firesetting and how to assess and treat individuals
who deliberately set fires is a complex process that is still very much 'work in progress' …

In a series of 34 arsonists, our survey compares the changing trends in arson to an earlier
study carried out ten years ago in the same region in the UK by Rix (1994). The survey is …

Most psychiatrists have little contact with arsonists. Those who work with juvenile
delinquents will have seen some adolescent firesetters, often of limited intelligence with …

Over the past several years, one of the few things that has risen about as sharply as inflation
is the incidence of crime. The FBI's Crime Index Total for 19791 showed a 9% volume …