Understanding the Arsonist: From Assessment to Confession - Softcover

Williams, Dian L., Ph.D., RN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936360144 ISBN 13: 9781936360147

Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co, 2013

Synopsis

This revised and expanded second edition provides the latest qualified research into arsonist behavior. New and exampded chapters tackle topics such as female firestarters, revenge firestarters, and thrillseeker firestarters. This text is the only complete collection from the Center for Arson Research, providing extensive research into firesetting.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Dian Williams is the President and founder of the Center for Arson Research. She was awarded the honor of appointment as a Distinguished Fellow by the International Association of Forensic Nurses for outstanding contributions to the field. Dr. Williams lectures extensively in the U.S. and abroad on the psychopathology of firesetting, fire bombing and domestic terrorism. She appears regularly in print and visual media, and consults with federal, state and local criminal justice and mental health agencies throughout the United States, Canada and with the Home Office in the United Kingdom. During the mid-1980s, Dr. Williams appeared before the U.S. Senate as an expert on juvenile firesetters and violent juvenile offenders. She is a full-time tenured member of the Criminal Justice Department faculty at West Chester University. Dr. Williams is the author of Understanding the Arsonist: From Assessment to Confession, and has contributed a chapter entitled “Understanding Arson: Subtypes and Intervention Strategies” to the textbook Forensic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice, edited by Hammer et al. (2006). She is editor-in-chief of the Forensic Digest and writes articles for that periodical and other scholarly publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1936360144
• ISBN 13: 9781936360147
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272