The criminal careers of arsonists

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-40

  Soothill, Keith ^a,b   Ackerley, Elizabeth ^a   Francis, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARSON; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; WALES;

EID: 1542506239     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.1.27     Document Type: Article

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