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C. Common Motives of Arsonist

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COMMON MOTIVES OF ARSONIST

1. Economic Gain
• Insurance fraud – This normally involved
burning’s ones property to wrongfully collect
insurance, money for the loss by fire of the
insured property.
a. Desire to Move –The premises may no
longer be desirable because of the condition
of the building, the fact that the quarters are
outgrown or because of the locality.
b. Disposing of Merchandise – The stocks on
hand may have the lost value by reason of
seasonal nature of business, obsolesce,
scarcity of materials necessary to complete
contracts.
c. Property Transaction – The business
itself may no longer be desirable
because of impending liquidation ,
settlement of the estate of which it is
part, the need for cash, prospective
failure, the comparatively greater
value of the insurance benefits.
2. Profit By the Perpetrator other than
the Assured
a) Insurance agents wishing business.
b) Insurance adjusters desiring to adjust
a loss by securing a contract.
c) Business competition.
d) Persons seeking jobs as protection
personnel.
e) Salvages.
f) Contractors wishing to rebuild or
wreck.
3. Concealment of Crime – The arsonist
may set fire to a building in order to
conceal a projected or past crime. He
may wish to divert attention in order to
loot the burning premises or steal in
other places. The burning may be for
the purpose of destroying evidence.
4. Punitive Measures – An arsonist may
use fires as a means of punishing
another person for reason of jealousy,
hatred or revenge.
5. Intimidation or Economic
Disabling – The fire may be used as
a weapon of the saboteurs, the
strikers or racketeers to intimidate
or to disable economically as a
step toward forcing submission to
certain demands.
6. Pyromania – Is an uncontrollable desire
to set fire or burn anything without
motivation.

Types of Pyromania
• Abnormal Youth – epileptics, imbeciles
and morons may set fire without knowing
the seriousness of their acts.
• Hero Type – A person may set fire in the
building, subsequently pretends to
discover it and turn in the alarm so that
he will appear a hero to the public.
Types of Pyromania
• Alcoholics or Drug Addicts – Person who
subjects themselves to intense artificial
stimulants such as alcohol or narcotics,
something develops a strong urge
toward incendiarism.
• Sexual Deviates – Some sex perverts
derive sexual stimulation from setting a
fire and watching the flame. Frequently,
he is a chronic masturbator who
stimulates and enhances his sexual
gratification by means of arson.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF FIRE SETTERS

Types of Fire Setters


1. Arson For Profit Fire Setters – which includes the
following:
• The business man who sets fire to his own business
to collect insurance.
• The business man who hires a paid arsonist for the
same reason.
• The paid arsonist who sets fire for a fee.
• The affluent housewife that sets a smoky fire to
collect money for redecoration.
• The welfare recipient who sets fire to his own
apartment to collect relocation expenses.
• The criminals who set fires to destroy evidence.
Types of Fire Setters
2. Solitary Fire Setters – Those who set fires in secret. Most
common are the following:
• Fire set for revenge or spite – In many cases the damage is
out of proportion to the offending action but the fire setter
either does not realize the tremendous destruction that his
action can cause. The reasons for this are low intelligence,
intoxication or psychological disorder.
• Fire set by pyromaniacs.
• Fire set by a watchman who wants to be a hero.
• The teenager who set fires in order to to help the
firefighters.
• The housewife who wants to keep her husband home at
night.
• The psychotic fire setters.
• The sexual deviates who utilize fire setting for sexual
gratification.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF FIRE SETTERS
Types of Fire Setters
3. Group Fire Setters – Includes three major
classes of fire that are normally set by groups or
by individuals in the presence of peers.
• Vandalism Fires – Are often set by pairs of
group of boys in the presence of others from a
peer group. The presence of the group
encourages the act.
• Riot Fires – Are set during outburst of group
violence when there is tension and social
unrest.
• Political Fires – Are premeditated and set to
dramatize an issue to embarrass authorities for
political reasons.

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