@article{ref1,
title="A portrait of the juvenile arsonist",
journal="Forensic science international",
year="1995",
author="Rasanen, Pirkko and Hirvenoja, R. and Hakko, Helina and Väisänen, E.",
volume="73",
number="1",
pages="41-47",
abstract="In this study we evaluated if juvenile arsonists (n = 34) differ from juvenile criminals of violence (n = 33) in regard to suicide and mental problems in forensic psychiatric examination. Both arsonists and violent offenders were mostly male, poorly educated, unskilled and unemployed at the times of committing their crimes; and 79% of the arsonists and 58% of the control group had used public health services for treatment of their mental symptoms before the crime. This difference was significant (p = 0.05). Suicide was more common among the arsonists than the control subjects (p = 0.02); 74% of the arsonists had suicidal thoughts and 44% had tried to commit suicide before setting a fire. In the forensic psychiatric examination the arsonists were more often relieved from responsibility than the comparison group (p = 0.02).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0379-0738",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}