“…Expressive fire-setting involves either a pathological fascination for fire or a psychological state resulting from an emotive trigger and results in emotionally significant targets (Canter & Fritzon, 1998;Fritzon et al, 2001). Several studies have found that women are more likely to set fire to emotionally significant properties, such as their own home (Tennent et al, 1971;Bourget & Bradford, 1989).…”