Shortly before, he had discharged himself from a mental hospital following a breakdown after his marriage collapsed. The conference draws together experts from all sectors of the community, including psychiatrists, psychologists and a former arsonist, to consider the full extent of the problem and how it can be reduced. It is a very distressing aspect of the arson problem, with the victims being both the arsonists and the owners of the properties they set ablaze. This seminar provides an invaluable and much-needed opportunity to bring all interested parties together to consider how to reduce the problem. The problems to society of people suffering mental disorders go far beyond just arson, yet the sheer destructive aspects of this crime, both to life and to property, call for developing a more co-ordinated strategic approach to tackling this aspect of arson.
Journalists are free to attend the seminar.
Please contact Malcolm Tarling, details as below. Each week there are 3,500 arson fires, resulting in 50 injuries and 2 deaths, and a cost to society of 25 million. An ISDN line is available for broadcasts.