Monday, 15 June 2015

Arsonist Profile Of A Pathological Firesetter

By Elaine Guthrie


When talking technically, you will not find anything illegal about starting a fire. The act only becomes illegal and a crime when it puts people's lives at risk and when properties are damaged. When this fire becomes the reason for a loss, then the person who sparked the fire will be charged with a crime with a punishment of imprisonment.

While there are fires caused by accident, there are those that are caused by actual intent. The firesetters who tend to start a fire just because of a whim must be captured at all cost so that they do not inflict any damage anymore. They have to be stopped at all cost since they damage they cause is not a laughing matter. Creating an arsonist profile for the firesetter will help make the capture easier.

There are many types of firesetters. There are firesetters who are driven by curiosity. Some are driven by their problems and they want to escape. There are even those who think that starting a fire is something smart and cool. However, the one you should be the most familiar with would be a pathological firesetter.

To differentiate the pathological firesetter from the other types of firesetter, you can mostly know these people as having high IQ. They might even do well in school and even be enrolled in good academic institution. However, despite their high IQ, they might be suffering or might have a history of severe emotional problems.

Their high IQ does not directly mean that they do excellently in their school at all times. Some of the pathological criminals, despite having that high IQ, cannot do well in class. They may also have problematic behaviors. That can consequently result to them not being able to properly establish relationships with other individuals.

The severe emotional problem is not the only matter that plagues a pathological fire setter. It is also possible that the pathological fire setter have a history of severe medical problems affecting their current state. Most often than not, their medical problem is basically a neurological problem that affects their state of mind.

Past trauma can also drive the pathological criminals to do the heinous act they are enjoying. Their past trauma is the one that will trigger their desire to spark fires. Their fears will usually come from different types of abuse. Some of the criminals might have experienced sexual abuse while others suffer from physical ones.

The pathological firesetters are also known to be loners. They tend to keep to themselves and limit their interactions with other people. Together with being a loner, they also have that life long fascination with fire. That life long fascination is what triggers the desire to set fire in the pathological firesetters.

There are many other things you have to know about the pathological firesetters. Knowing about the pathological firesetters should be very helpful, especially if you are in the police force and is tasked to fight against firesetters. Being in the firefighting division should also require you to know more about the profiles of these firesetters. Knowing how these firesetters operate can help prevent any future accidents that can cause millions of losses to people and property.




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