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ARSON U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION COMBATS NATION'S ARSON PROBLEM Arson Awareness Week Targets Juvenile Firesetting WASHINGTON (FEMA) - Everyday brings news of a serious
ARSON PROBLEMS U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION COMBATS NATION'S ARSON PROBLEM Arson Awareness Week Targets Juvenile Firesetting WASHINGTON (FEMA) - Everyday brings news
ARSON STATS ARSON FACTS 1. Arson kills 100 people, injures 2,500 and costs the UK economy ?1.3 billion every year, according to "A Compendium of Arson in the UK",
arson ARSON - RECORDING / DEVELOPING Of all of the different crime scenes, arson can be one of the hardest to obtain evidence from because of the possibility of
Arson and Juveniles JUVENILES AND FIRESETTING I Introduction When fire is maliciously set, it is called Arson. When arson is committed by juveniles under the age
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ARSON - RECORDING / DEVELOPING
Of all of the different crime scenes, arson can be one of the hardest to obtain evidence from because of the possibility of the evidence burning. One of the oldest crimes known, arson is defined by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, as "any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc" (Crime Index Offenses Reported). Contrary to the belief
of many people, fires dont always destroy evidence entirely; "furthermore, incendiary and suspicious fires don't typically destroy all the evidence. In more than half of all the incendiary and suspicious structure fires that occurred between 1991 and 1995, there was no flame damage outside the room of origin. Incendiary and suspicious fires are more likely than most other fires to spread beyond the room of origin, but the differences in likelihood are small. In 40 percent of incendiary and suspicious structure fires, in fact, there's no flame damage beyond the immediate area of origin. If useful evidence were available, the fires would probably leave some of it untouched" (Hall). It is crucial in an arson case that any responding officer or investigator record and develop as much evidence as possible, to determine whether they have a case or not.
Like in the other crime scenes in which you would search for fingerprints or shoeprints; arson investigators search for residue of flamible liquids or substances or devices used to start fires. The flammable
liquids are known as accelerants and the devices used to start the fires are called igniters. In eighty percent of arson cases gasoline is the most commonly used accelerant and the most commonly used igniters are matches When searching for the residue of accelerants or igniters investigators tend to look on floors because during fires the liquid drops to areas with the...
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