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Arson Theory

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Arson is the willful and malicious burning or charring of property. Arson crimes come in many different and questionable forms such as: setting fire to one 's property with the intent on receiving insurance money, individuals may set fire to a building to cover up evidence of another crime. Arson crimes are not limited to just setting buildings ablaze, the crime can be extended to setting fires to a forest or to a boat. Arson laws typically categorize arson as a felonious offense because it has to the potential to be life-threating to others in the area. (Burton, McNiel, & Binder, 2012, p. 2) There are six reasons classified that can be associated with fire setters: Profit, Vandalism, Revenge, Crime Concealment, Excitement and Extremism.
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Beginning arsonist usually pick private targets and locations such as uninhibited/empty buildings or old unused automobiles. Vandalism fires are usually caused by the juvenile delinquents. These types of fires are habitually the result of peer pressure or gang initiation. In the class textbook “Criminological Theory” Rational Choice Theory would be the best theory to use in this incident. “Rational Choice Theory is a perspective that criminologist adapted from economists, who used it to explain a variety of individual decisions regarding a variety of behaviors.” (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 56-57) The Arsonist knows exactly what they are doing is wrong and unlawful yet they do it …show more content…

Those crimes are but not limited to: homicide, burglary, or an attempt to burn important papers that can be used against someone if they fall into the wrong hands. In the mind of an arsonist they think that by burning the place down that all of the tangible evidence or the identity of the victim will be unsalvageable or hard to identify once the fire is put out. Although, this might be true indeed fires will burn whatever it can it will burn some evidence of the crime; however guns, knives and bullets will survive a fire to certain degree. With vehicular fires victims have been located in the passenger and cargo area. Detectives are taught to investigate and scrutinize every detail so checking the passenger and trunk are may prove to be very vital in the helping of solving the

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There was no fire safety rules implied and forced and also there was doors that opened inwards so when they were all crammed in a small space trying to escape they couldn't open the door because there was to many people in the way of the door. There was one stairway they had but it lead down into a fenced in yard and the door to the yard was wooden so it would feed the fire even more. Those are some reasons why he could be responsible for the factory fire like the inadequate safety laws, but in contrast, the fire department could be also. The fire department didn't get there fast enough and they're ladders were too short.

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In Cleveland, Ohio there was a fire that occurred on June 22, 1969, around 12pm on the Cuyahoga river. People called it the “burning river”. The river caught on fire because there were floating pieces of debris that was slicked with oil. The debris ignited by sparks that came from a train that was passing over the river. The reason it happened is from years of people dumping pollution into the river.

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