Retrospective Study of Fire Setting Among Boys in a Child Welfare Sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21744641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Brereton (0000-0002-6733-6532, Fairleigh Dickinson University), Raina V Lamade (0000-0001-8030-9881, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Austin F Lee (Bentley University), Ann Schuler (Justice Resource Institute), Robert A Prentky (Fairleigh Dickinson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 256-273 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-2040 • E-ISSN: 1556-9330 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1541204020906425 |
| OpenAlex | W3006736205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
This study aimed to assess fire-setting behaviors within a child welfare sample. The youth were divided into four groups based on their fire-setting behavior (e.g., no incidents, one incident, multiple minor incidents, and multiple severe incidents). Groups were compared based on five factors: overt antisocial behavior, covert antisocial behavior, global adjustment, psychiatric history, and learning deficits. Fire setters displayed more delinquent behavior and had more extensive psychiatric histories than non-fire-setting youth. Further, the youth with multiple serious incidents of fire-setting behavior displayed more delinquent behavior and had more extensive psychiatric histories than any of the fire-setting groups. These findings clearly suggest that fire setters, as a group, are not homogeneous with respect to antisocial behavior or psychiatric impairment and that gravity of fire setting increased as a function of greater psychopathology and greater delinquency when compared to their peers
Covert · Injury prevention · Juvenile delinquency · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Suicide prevention · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |