Three Types Of Arsonists

All around the world, there are crimes happening every five seconds a day. One crime that causes over thousands of dollars in damage, is arson and done by pyromaniacs. A pyromaniac is a person who has pyromania, which means a person who has an obsession over fire. Arson is a malicious burning of the dwelling of another though the actual crime may entail the burning of any structure or object. There are different types of arsonists. One may be a serial arsonist, who is someone that habitually and compulsively sets fires. Most serial arsonists commit a serial arson which is an offense committed by fire setters who set three or more fires within a significant cooling-off period in between fires. Not only are there certain types of arsonists, but there is a large difference of male arsonists and female arsonists. Male arsonists are most notable of being caucasian and being in their mid teens to mid 20s. With male arsonists, they are most likely to be unemployed with a blue-collar background. Also, most male arsonists have been profiled
One of the most common motives is to feel some kind of power, whether it be obtaining power, demonstrating power, maintaining power, and acquiring power. Maintaining power is one that stands out because if an arsonist finds a way to obtain power over a crime, they would want to keep that feeling of power which would cause them to create more fires and more damaged scenes. Another motive vandalism, or also known as malicious mischief, which can be shown through break-ins, graffiti, setting fires, and robbery. A motive that is seen very often is revenge. Depending on the criminal’s background and if they have a history through the court system, the could have all sorts of reasons of revenge. Revenge could be towards a person this criminal had a relationship with, family or spouse, or could be revenge to law