Drawn to the Flame

DEDICATION

SERIES PREFACE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

RESEARCH FACTS VERSUS COMMON FICTION: UNDERSTANDING THE JUVENILE FIRESETTING PROBLEM

Common Mythology and Misinformation
   Roots and Early History of the Mythology
   Firesetting in Psychiatric Literature
   The Mythology of Firesetting

Firesetting Incidence and Prevalence Data
   Public Safety Data
   Criminal Justice Data
   Property Loss Data
   Gender
   Age
   Parent and Family Characteristics
   Clinical Incidence
   Diagnostic Classification
   Pyromania, Sex, and Firesetting

Firesetting Theory
   Dynamic-Behavioral Formulation
   Social Learning Model
   Cycles of Firesetting: An Oregon Model

Motivational Typologies
   "Curiosity" Motivated Firesetting
   "Crisis" Motivated Firesetting
   "Delinquent" Motivated Firesetting
   "Pathologically" Motivated Firesetting

SOLVING THE ASSESSMENT PUZZLE

Firesetting Assessment Issues
   Clinician Background and Skills

Firesetting Assessment Models, Protocols, and Tools
   Children's Firesetting Interview (CFI) and Firesetting Risk                      Interview (FRI)
   The F.I.R.E. Protocol: An Assessment Instrument for
         Firesetting Behaviors
   Firesetter Analysis Worksheet
   Juvenile Firesetter Needs Assessment Protocol (JFNAP)
      Moderate Prognostic Indicators
      Guarded Prognostic Indicators
      Poor Prognostic Indicators
   Qualitative Analysis Model of Child and Adult Fire Deviant        Behavior

Massachusetts Coalition Model
   Fire History
   Fire Scene Evidence
   Fire Knowledge
   Parent/Family Functioning
   Behavioral Functioning
   Emotional Functioning
   Cognitive/School Functioning

TREATMENT OF JUVENILE FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR

Review of Literature
Treatment Components
   Fire Service Collaboration
   Fire Safety Education
   Behavioral Interventions
   Family Therapy
   Hospitalization, Residential Placement, and Medication

CASE STUDIES

"Joshua"
   Background Information
   Behavioral Observations/Mental Status Examination
   Test Results
   Firesetting Behavior
   Treatment Recommendations

"Claudia"
   Background Information
   Behavioral Observations/Mental Status Examination
   Test Results
   Firesetting Behavior
   Treatment Recommendations

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: JUVENILE FIRESETTING RESOURCES

Newsletters
National and International Organizations
Professional and Technical Resources
State and Regional Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Networks

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