An Arsonist Profile For A Pathological Firesetter

By Elaine Guthrie


Starting a fire is technically not illegal. However, what would make it illegal is when it causes damage to properties and risk to people's lives. If you cause a fire that takes away people's lives and estates, then you will be charged with the crime of arson. That can put you into prison with a term depending on the extent of damage you have caused.

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.

Nowadays, you can see various types of criminals who are into setting fires. There are those who are driven by their natural thirst or curiosity. Some will act like this when they are driven into a corner in their life and want to escape reality. There are those who just love doing this act, though. Of course, there are also those who are pathological.

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.

It might also be that they have become pathological firesetters due to past trauma. They are highly likely to have been a victim of physical abuse from the people in their family or from their peers. It might also be that these pathological firesetters have gone through sexual abuse, thus affecting their sound mind.

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 surely a lot of other things you ought to know about these pathological criminals. The knowledge about them can help in the easy capture of those who have done the crime. With the knowledge you have, you can surely capture the criminals promptly and prevent future accidents related to fires. With that, you can keep everyone in the community safe from the said criminals.




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