Adult Deliberate Firesetting

About the Author

Theresa A. Gannon, DPhil, CPsychol (Forensic) is a Professer of Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) at the University of Kent, UK. Theresa also works as a Practitioner Consultant Forensic Psychologist specialising in deliberate firesetting for the Forensic and Specialist Service Line, Kent and Medway Social Care and Partnership Trust, UK. Theresa has published over 140 chapters, articles, books, and other scholarly works in the areas of male and female-perpetrated offending.

Nichola Tyler, PhD, is a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on understanding the etiology and effective prevention of deliberate firesetting and sexual violence, and the impact of criminal justice work on legal professionals’ wellbeing. She has published over 30 book chapters, journal articles, and government reports on these topics.

Caoilte Ó Ciardha, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. He has published over 40 scholarly works and has held associate editor positions at three of the main journals in forensic psychology. His research focuses on psychological factors in the causes and the prevention of offending behaviour, especially sexual violence and firesetting.

Emma Alleyne, PhD, is a Reader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. She has published over 40 journal articles, book chapters, and government reports on the topics of gang-related violence, sexual offending, firesetting, and animal abuse. She currently leads a research programme that focuses on the offence-supportive attitudes associated with harming nonhuman animals (i.e., animal cruelty).