Articles

The multi-trajectory theory of adult firesetting (M-TTAF) (with Therese A. Gannon, Caoilte Ó Ciardha, and Emma Alleyne), Aggression and violent behavior (2011)

The assessment and treatment of adults who set fires deliberately are underdeveloped relative to other...

 

Juvenile fire-setting: A review of treatment programs (with Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, and Troy E. McEwan), Psychology, psychiatry and law (2011)

The current paper provides a review of the literature on juvenile fire-setting, focusing on psychological...

 

Risk factors and risk assessment in juvenile fire-setting (with Mairead Dolan, Troy E. McEwan, and Katarina Fritzon), Psychiatry, psychology and law (2011)

This article provides an overview of the literature on risk issues in juvenile fire-setting behaviour....

 

Risk factors for recidivistic arson in adult offenders (with Kenneth Fineman, Katarina Fritzon, Mairead Dolan, and Troy E. McEwan), Psychology, psychiatry and law (2011)

This article reviews the current literature on known risk factors for recidivistic arson, with a...

 

Looking at the characteristics of adult arsonists from a narrative perspective (with Katarina Fritzon and Heather Lewis), Psychology, psychiatry and law (2011)

This article reviews literature on the characteristics of adult arsonists as well as clinical and...

 

Link

The evolution of child fire involvement, Fire and arson investigator magazine (2007)

Extract:

In a legal context the term “arson” is often not applied to child fire-setting...

 

Making sense of arson through classification, Psychiatry, psychology and law (2003)

Arson classification efforts are an attempt to make sense of a complex whole. To a...

 

Pyromania: Fact or fiction?, British journal of criminology (2003)

The issue of deliberate firesetting is a growing concern in Australia. Every hour of every...

 

Books

A snapshot of serial arson in Australia, A snapshot of serial arson in Australia (2009)

Studies into arson commonly have two underlying assumptions: 1) that arsonists are in some way...

 

Book Chapters

Assessment of firesetters (with Bruce D. Watt), Firesetting and mental health: Theory, research and practice (2012)
 

Bushfire and wildfire arson: Arson risk assessment in the Australian context (with Troy E. McEwan and Mairead Dolan), Firesetting and mental health: Theory, research and practice (2012)
 

Power and excitement in arson: The case of firefighter arson (with Kenneth R. Fineman), Firesetting and mental health: Theory, research and practice (2012)
 

Assessment and treatment of fire-setters (with Katarina Fritzon), Forensic psychology and criminology: An Australasian perspective (2008)

Extract:

Within clinical literature there has been an assumption that the above quote typifies...

 

Popular Press

Arsonists in our midst, Security solutions magazine (2009)