Current directions of risk assessment in deliberate firesetters

Bruce D. Watt; Sabrina Ong

Current directions of risk assessment in deliberate firesetters

Bruce D. Watt
, Sabrina Ong

Faculty of Society & Design

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Abstract

Key points
• Risk assessment for firesetting behaviours is less developed relative to other forms of antisocial behaviour.
• Current inventories for firesetting appraise emotions and attitudes towards fire, knowledge of fire safety, firesetting history, and antisocial attitudes and behaviours.
• Such inventories are supplemented with general psychological inventories appraising emotional regulation, assertiveness, impulsivity, self-esteem, psychopathology and substance use.
• While no algorithm exists for combining multiple measures in appraising risk of firesetting, the Multi-Trajectory Theory of Adult Firesetting (M-TTAF) may be utilised to guide approaches to risk assessment and management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The psychology of arson
Subtitle of host publication	A practical guide to understanding and managing deliberate firesetters
Editors	R M Doley, G Dickens, T A Gannon
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	167-183
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9780415810685
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Current directions of risk assessment in deliberate firesetters. / Watt, Bruce D.; Ong, Sabrina.
The psychology of arson: A practical guide to understanding and managing deliberate firesetters. ed. / R M Doley; G Dickens; T A Gannon. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016. p. 167-183.

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