The firesetters were categorized as fire-setting recidivists if they had committed one or more separate fire-settings before the index one and as one-time firesetters if the index fire-setting was their first one.
The firesetters were categorized as fire-setting recidivists if they had committed one or more separate fire-settings before the index one and as one-time firesetters if the index fire-setting was their first.
Forty-one firesetters (30.4%) were recidivists (mean number of separate fire-settings 3.6, SD 3.02, range 2 15).
Age, number of fire-settings, principal diagnostic groups, and PCL-R total, factor, and item-by-item scores among exclusive and versatile firesetters are presented.
The comparisons between persons who had been convicted for fire-settings only and those with criminal versatility are presented in Table 2.
Age, number of fire-settings, principal diagnostic groups, and PCL-R total, factor, and item-by-item scores among one-time firesetters and recidivists are presented.
Respectively, the firesetters were categorized as exclusive, if they had not been convicted of any other crimes and as versatile if they in addition to fire-settings also had other types of crime in their official criminal records.
Besides excitement and delusions, also anger, revenge, vandalism and attention-seeking have been described as motives for fire-setting behavior [ 17, 18].
Fire-setting recidivism rates have varied widely in the literature, from 4% to as much as 60%, depending on the study population [ 4].
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