Strachan J G
Br J Psychiatry. 1981 Jan;138:26-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.138.1.26.
The records of 79 children whose firesetting led to referral to a Children's Hearing (the Scottish equivalent of a juvenile court) were examined. All but one of the children were boys. They had very disturbed backgrounds, with much family disruption and absent or unemployed fathers. Firesetting was predominantly a group activity and the damage caused was extensive. Although the children frequently engaged in other offences, in over 90 per cent there was no recurrence of reported firesetting within the limited period of possible follow-up.
对79名因纵火而被转介至儿童听证会（苏格兰相当于少年法庭的机构）的儿童记录进行了审查。除一名儿童外，其他均为男孩。他们背景问题重重，家庭破裂情况严重，父亲不是缺席就是失业。纵火主要是群体性活动，造成的破坏很大。尽管这些儿童经常还犯有其他罪行，但在有限的可能随访期内，超过90%的儿童没有再次出现报告的纵火行为。
