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1 results foundAuthor: Gannon, Theresa A. Title: Male Imprisoned Firesetters Have Different Characteristics to Other Imprisoned Offenders and Require Specialist Treatment Summary: This paper describes key outcomes from our first study examining the potential treatment needs of imprisoned firesetters. Within this study, we examined whether a group of firesetters could be distinguished, psychologically, from a matched group of imprisoned non-firesetting offenders using a battery of questionnaire measures. Our analysis showed that imprisoned firesetters did indeed hold unique characteristics that set them apart from other imprisoned offenders. Many of these characteristics were fire-related. For example, firesetters reported more interest in serious fires, higher identification with fire, and lower perceived fire safety awareness. However, some characteristics that differentiated fire setters from non-firesetting offenders were not necessarily fire-related. For example, firesetters reported lower levels of self esteem, and higher levels of anger-related cognition such as rumination. Taken as a whole these results suggest that firesetters hold quite different characteristics to other imprisoned offenders and so require specialist treatment. Details: Canterbury, Kent, UK: University of Kent, School of Psychology, Keynes College, 2013. 27p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 3, 2017 at: http://www.researchcatalogue.esrc.ac.uk/grants/RES-062-23-2522/outputs/read/2d8b188f-bc55-468f-9d09-33202c2c9cf9 Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.researchcatalogue.esrc.ac.uk/grants/RES-062-23-2522/outputs/read/2d8b188f-bc55-468f-9d09-33202c2c9cf9 Shelf Number: 144699 Keywords: Arson Arsonists Correctional Treatment Programs Firesetters |