Herschel Prins is a professor at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Loughborough, and Visiting Professor in Clinical Criminology, Nottingham Trent University.

• 1 PREAMBLE 2 CONTEXT 3 THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM AND LEGAL ASPECTS 4 THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRE-RAISING 5 ADULT FIRE-RAISERS: MOTIVES AND MANAGEMENT 6 CHILD FIRE-RAISERS: MOTIVES AND MANAGEMENT 7 WIDER ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION

`This book provides an extremely readable, comprehensive and invaluable survey of fire setting.' - Forensic Update`... both readable and useful. ... the references are a useful guide to further study for the practitioner.' - British Journal of Social Work`... a mass of informative data of great use to professionals and those in the caring agencies who may be involved with treating fire-raising offenders' - British Journal of Criminology`... a good introductory book on the subject and would be useful to student psychologists and to anyone generally interested in the subject.' - Arene Kerrigan, Psychologist, HMP Wandsworth