Gender and arson: psychosocial, psychological, and somatic offender characteristics at the time of the crime

References

• Alexander, R. T., Chester, V., Green, F. N., Gunaratna, I., & Hoare, S. (2015). Arson or fire setting in offenders with intellectual disability: Clinical characteristics, forensic histories, and treatment outcomes. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 40(2), 189–197. https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2014.998182
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alleyne, E., Gannon, T. A., Mozova, K., Page, T. E., & Ó Ciardha, C. (2016). Female fire-setters: Gender-associated psychological and psychopathological features. Psychiatry, 79(4), 364–378. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2016.1185892
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anwar, S., Långström, N., Grann, M., & Fazel, S. (2011). Is arson the crime most strongly associated with psychosis?–a national case-control study of arson risk in schizophrenia and other psychoses. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37(3), 580–586. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbp098
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barnett, W., & Spitzer, M. (1994). Pathological fire-setting 1951–1991: A review. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 34(1), 2–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/002580249403400103
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blanco, C., Alegría, A. A., Petry, N. M., Grant, J. E., Simpson, H. B., Liu, S. M., Grant, B. F., & Hasin, D. S. (2010). Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions (NESARC). The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71(9), 1218–1225. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.08m04812gry
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blomqvist, P., & Johansson, H. (2008). Brandstatistik – Vad vet vi om anlagd brand. Sp Sveriges tekniska Forskningsinstitut. SP Rapport 2008, 48, 1–104.
   Google Scholar
• Brook, R., Dolan, M., & Coorey, P. (1996). Arson and Epilepsy. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 36(3), 268–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/002580249603600316
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brottsförebyggande rådet. (2022). Personer lagförda för brott [Dataset]. Personer lagförda för brott - Brottsförebyggande rådet (bra.se).
   Google Scholar
• Burton, P. R. S., McNiel, D. E., & Binder, R. L. (2012). Firesetting, Arson, Pyromania, and the forensic mental health expert. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 40(3), 355–365.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coid, J., Wilkins, J., & Coid, B. (1999). Fire-setting, pyromania and self-mutilation in female remanded prisoners. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 10(1), 119–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189908402143
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collins, J., Barnoux, M., & Langdon, P. E. (2021). Adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who deliberately set fires: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 56, 101545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2020.101545
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cunningham, E. M., Timms, J., Holloway, G., & Radford, S. A. (2011). Women and firesetting: A qualitative analysis of context, meaning, and development. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 84(2), 128–140. https://doi.org/10.1348/147608310X499422
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Degl’innocenti, A., Hassing, L. B., Lindqvist, A. S., Andersson, H., Eriksson, L., Hanson, F. H., Möller, N., Nilsson, T., Hofvander, B., & Anckarsäter, H. (2014). First report from the Swedish National Forensic Psychiatric Register (SNFPR). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 37(3), 231–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.11.013
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dickens, G., & Sugarman, P. (2012). Adult firesetters: Prevalence, characteristics and psychopathology. In G. Dickins, P. Sugarman, & T. Gannon (Eds.), Firesetting and mental health (pp. 3–27). Royal College of Psychiatrists.
   Google Scholar
• Dickens, G., Sugarman, P., Ahmad, F., Edgar, S., Hofberg, K., & Tewari, S. (2007). Gender Differences amongst adult arsonists at psychiatric assessment. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 3(3), 233–238. https://doi.org/10.1258/rsmmsl.47.3.233
   Google Scholar
• Ducat, L., McEwan, T., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2017). A comparison of psychopathology and reoffending in female and male convicted firesetters. Law and Human Behavior, 41(6), 588–599. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000264
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Enayati, J., Grann, M., Lubbe, S., & Fazel, S. (2008). Psychiatric morbidity in arsonists referred for forensic psychiatric assessment in Sweden. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 19(2), 139–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789940701789500
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fazel, S., Lichtenstein, P., Grann, M., Långström, N., & Hay, P. J. (2011). Risk of violent crime in individuals with epilepsy and traumatic brain injury: A 35-year Swedish population study. PLoS Medicine, 8(12), e1001150. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001150
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Folkhälsomyndigheten. 2016. Skattning av antalet personer som lever med en hepatit C-infektion i Sverige 2015. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/2c53ba20ad2b40778a54485dedac7298/skattning-antalet-personer-lever-sverige-hepatit-c-infektion-16062-webb.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Gannon, T. A. (2010). Female arsonists: Key features, psychopathologies, and treatment needs. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 73(2), 173–189. https://doi.org/10.1521/psyc.2010.73.2.173
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Geller, J. L. (1992). Arson in review. From profit to pathology. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 15(3), 623–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-953X1830228-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grann, M. (1996). Gender and legal insanity: Forensic psychiatric evaluations of criminal offenders in Sweden 1992-1994. Unpublished Master-thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Umea.
   Google Scholar
• Hägg, S., Lindblom, Y., Mjörndal, T., & Adolfsson, R. (2006). High prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among a Swedish cohort of patients with schizophrenia. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(2), 93–98. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.yic.0000188215.84784.17
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holmberg, G., & Kristiansson, M. (2006). Contacts with public services, with special reference to mental health care, preceding a serious crime: A retrospective study of 268 subjects of forensic psychiatric investigations. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29(4), 281–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.08.012
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Horley, J., & Bowlby, D. (2011). Theory, research, and intervention with arsonists. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16(3), 241–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2011.03.006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johansson, D., Dernevik, M., & Johansson, P. (2010). Långtidsdömda Män och Kvinnor i Sverige: Kriminalvårdens Riksmottagningar 1997–2009. Kriminalvårdens Utvecklingsenhet.
   Google Scholar
• Knight, B., Coid, J., & Ullrich, S. (2017). Non-suicidal self-injury in UK prisoners. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 16(2), 172–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2017.1287139
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kullgren, G., Grann, M., & Holmberg, G. (1996). The Swedish forensic concept of severe mental disorder as related to personality disorders. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 19(2), 191–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-25279600006-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lag, om rättspsykiatrisk undersökning. 2014. ( 1991:1137) om rättspsykiatrisk undersökning. Svensk författningssamling 1991:1991:1137 t.o.m. SFS 1991:1137:816–Riksdagen.
   Google Scholar
• Leong, G. B., Mueller, C., & Feldsher, M. (2018). Insane Arsonists: An early 21st century sample. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 64(2), 454–459. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13902
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller, S., & Fritzon, K. (2007). Functional consistency across two behavioural modalities: Fire-setting and self-harm in female special hospital patients. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 17(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.637
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Nanayakkara, V., Ogloff, J. R. P., Davis, M. R., & McEwan, T. E. (2020). Gender-based types of firesetting: Clinical, behavioural and motivational differences among female and male firesetters. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 31(2), 273–291. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1720266
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nanayakkara, V., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Thomas, S. D. M. (2015). From haystacks to hospitals: An evolving understanding of mental disorder and firesetting. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 14(1), 66–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2014.974086
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Puri, B. K., Baxter, R., & Cordess, C. C. (1995). Characteristics of fire-setters: A study and proposed multiaxial psychiatric classification. British Journal of Psychiatry, 166(3), 393–396. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.166.3.393
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rasanen, P., Hakko, H., & Vaisanen, E. (1995). Arson trend increasing - a real challenge to psychiatry. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 40(6), 976–979. https://doi.org/10.1520/JFS13866J
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasanen, P., Hirvenoja, R., Hakko, H., & Isanen, E. V. (1994). Cognitive functioning ability of arsonists. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 5(3), 615–620. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189408410855
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saunders, E. B., & Awad, G. A. (1991). Adolescent female firesetters. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 36(6), 401–404. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674379103600604
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sturup, J., Karlberg, D., Fredriksson, B., Kristiansson, K., & Gebuhr, P. (2012). Gärningsbeteende och allvarlig psykisk störning – gärningsanalys inom den utredande rättspsykiatrin. Rättsmedicinalverkets rapport 20126, 1.https://doi.org/10.2174/1874325001206010366
   Google Scholar
• Sturup, J., & Kristiansson, M. (2007). Allvarlig psykisk störning – en svår rättspsykiatrisk bedömning. Läkartidningen, 22(104), 1702–1706.
   Google Scholar
• Swinton, M., & Ahmed, A. (2001). Arsonists in maximum security: Mental state at time of firesetting and relationship between mental disorder and pattern of behaviour. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 41(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/002580240104100110
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Virkkunen, M., De Jong, J., Bartko, J., Goodwin, F. K., & Linnoila, M. (1989). Relationship of psychobiological variables to recidivism in violent psychobiological variables to recidivism in violent offenders and impulsive fire setters. Archives of General Psychiatry, 46(7), 600–603. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810070026003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Virkkunen, M., Nuutila, A., Goodwin, F. K., & Linnoila, M. (1987). Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels in male arsonists. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44(3), 241–247. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800150053007
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wheaton, B. (1994). Sampling the stress universe. (W. R. Avison & I. H. Gotlib, Eds.). Plenum Press.
   Google Scholar
• Wyatt, B., Gannon, T. A., McEwan, T. E., Lockerbie, L., & O’connor, A. (2019). Mentally disordered firesetters: An examination of risk factors. Psychiatry, 82(1), 27–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2018.1534520
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yourstone, J., Lindholm, T., Grann, M., & Fazel, S. (2009). Gender differences in diagnoses of mentally disordered offenders. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 8(3), 172–177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999010903199316
   Google Scholar
• Yourstone, J., Lindholm, T., Grann, M., & Svenson, O. (2008). Evidence of gender bias in legal insanity evaluations: A case vignette study of clinicians, judges, and students. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 62(4), 273–278. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039480801963135
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yourstone, J., Lindholm, T., & Kristiansson, M. (2008). Women who kill: A comparison of the psychosocial background of female and male perpetrators. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 31(4), 374–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.06.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar