Citation

Maudoux MS, Prévost P, Repellin F, Pailleux JM, Cousinet N. Ann. Med. Psychol. (Paris) 1992; 150(6): 417-21; discussion 421-2.

Vernacular Title

Les jeunes incendiaires, psychopathologie et aspects evolutifs.

Affiliation

Service de Psychiatrie, Centre hospitalier de La Rochelle.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Societe Medico-Psychologique, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1342771

Abstract

Relatively infrequent (2% of offences in France) the arson behavior (1989, 11,149 acts with an elucidation of 35%) is highly diffused as recent events have shown (forest fire, shops, cars in suburbs). A population of 30 young firesetters, under 25 years shows a great frequency of social parental failure with weak intellectual and scholar levels, but with less obvious pathologic states. Since 1981, the non referring to a criminal court show that this delinquency is linked with other offences. Educational care and psychotherapeutic sid allow a possible evolution to avoid backsliding.

Language: fr