2004
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.1.27
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The Criminal Careers of Arsonists

Abstract: This paper replicates a 1973 study of the criminal careers of arsonists (Soothill and Pope, 1973). It compares the original series of those convicted at the high court of arson in England and Wales in 1951 (n=74) with three new series of all those convicted in any court in England and Wales in 1963-5 (n=1352), in 1980-1 (n=5584) and in 2000-1 (n=3335). The profile of convicted arsonists has significantly shifted over the years, with an increasing proportion of females and a rise in the average age of both male… Show more

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“…Silverman and Wilson (2002), p. 22) note a significant increase in the mention of the word ''paedophilia'' in British media around 1996. These findings are consistent with those of Soothill et al (1998), and Soothill and Walby's 1991 book does not record a high incidence of paedophilia mentions in the sex crime coverage in British media (Soothill and Walby, 1991).…”
Section: Causes and Solutionssupporting
confidence: 73%
“…Silverman and Wilson (2002), p. 22) note a significant increase in the mention of the word ''paedophilia'' in British media around 1996. These findings are consistent with those of Soothill et al (1998), and Soothill and Walby's 1991 book does not record a high incidence of paedophilia mentions in the sex crime coverage in British media (Soothill and Walby, 1991).…”
Section: Causes and Solutionssupporting
confidence: 73%
“…This has largely been attributed to the concept of 'populist punitiveness' (Bottoms 1995: 40) in addition to the influence of the media who stand accused of inflating public awareness, concern and fear of sexual offending within the narrow stereotypes of 'stranger' and 'predator danger' (see inter Greer 2003;Brayford and Deering 2012). Indeed, the increased policy focus on sexual offending during the 1990s led Soothill et al (1998) to coin the phrase 'criminal apartheid' to account for the way in which sexual crimes were differentiated from other forms of offending. This trend has evidently continued with few other offence-groups 6 having been singled out in such ways (Blandford & Beech 2011).…”
Section: Just Social Policies Versus Public Protectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Repo et al [25] suggèrent une proportion de 35 à 66 %, tandis que d'autres [24] estiment ce rapport à 86 %. En plus de l'alcoolisation mise en évidence lors du passage à l'acte, l'alcoolisme serait un diagnostic fréquemment identifié chez les sujets incendiaires [14,25,38,39]. Une des conclusions de l'étude de Kammerer et al [15] reprend cette thématique en identifiant l'acte incendiaire comme l'un des crimes les plus alcoolisés.…”
Section: Sujets Incendiaires Et Consommation D'alcoolunclassified