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Offending behaviours of child and adolescent firesetters over a 10-year follow-up Ian Lambie, Julia Ioane, Isabel Randell and Fred Seymour

By: Lambie, Ian.
Contributor(s): Ioane, Apaula Julia | Randell, Isabel | Seymour, Fred.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Publisher: Wiley & Sons, 2013Subject(s): New Zealand Fire Service | ADOLESCENTS | CHILDREN | CRIME PREVENTION | INTERVENTION | OFFENDERS | PERPETRATORS | RECIDIVISM | RISK FACTORS | YOUNG PEOPLE | CRIME | FAMILY VIOLENCE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Access the abstract In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013, 54(12): 1295–1307Summary: This research assesses the postintervention arson recidivism and other offending rates of a group of 182 firesetting children and adolescents referred to the New Zealand Fire Awareness and Intervention Program (FAIP) over a followup period of 10 years. It investigates predictors of offending behaviour as well as variables associated with previous involvement in firesetting behaviour and offending severity. involvement with family violence (as a perpetrator, complainant or victim) was associated with more severe offending behaviour. (from the abstract) Record #4205
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013, 54(12): 1295–1307

This research assesses the postintervention arson recidivism and other offending rates of a group of 182 firesetting children and adolescents referred to the New Zealand Fire Awareness and Intervention Program (FAIP) over a followup period of 10 years. It investigates predictors of offending behaviour as well as variables associated with previous involvement in firesetting behaviour and offending severity. involvement with family violence (as a perpetrator, complainant or victim) was associated with more severe offending behaviour. (from the abstract) Record #4205