MatchBook was first conceived in 2008 as a way to bring together the different disciplines involved with juvenile firesetting prevention for the purpose of better understanding firesetting behavior.
For nearly three decades Massachusetts provided juvenile firesetter intervention services through a loosely formed coalition of providers. This coalition was originally based in the city of Fall River and received…
Intervention for fire-involved youth is a tricky business. What makes it so is the wide variation in program structure and function from one community to the next. Some programs are based on an education philosophy which…
Fire-related crimes and delinquent activity including, but not limited to, arson within the juvenile justice system is a nationwide problem. While arson is a legal term typically defined as the crime of deliberate…
The Cambridge Police Department recognizes that criminal activity and incidents of violence involving youth are strongly linked to adults, particularly within families. Over 3 million children are at risk of exposure to…
The San Diego Model for juvenile fire setters (JFS) is better known as “FATJAM.” FATJAM refers to the “Forensic Assessment & Therapeutic Jurisprudence Assistance Model.” FATJAM is a risk oriented skills-based juvenile…
There is a staggering number of youth nationally who are known, by arrest or detention, to the juvenile justice system as a direct result of problem firesetting and arson. Once identified, their firesetting behavior…
During my work with children who play with fire or set fires intentionally, one factor has remained constant: adults are inherently curious about the reasons why youth use fire and that almost every person will have a specific…
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