性格行徴及过去与火有关系经验对纵火行爲的影响

The Influence of Personality Characteristics and Fire-Related Experiences on Arson Behavior

监於国内外尚缺乏对纵火犯罪者的性格特徵，以及其过去与火有关经验影响的研究，故从事本研究探讨之。本研究假设：纵火犯较之非纵火犯具有较强的敌意、自卑与不满性格，缺乏社会支持与连系特质，具有较多与火有关的经验，以及对火持较正向的态度。以问卷做爲调查工具，研究对象包括台湾地区各监狱里的纵火罪受刑人一百六十五位，以及做为对照组的非纵火罪受刑人四百六十五位。结果显示：上述假述大致得到支持。本研究并对於纵火惯犯的性格、过去经验的影响、研究量表的信度、纵火犯的矫治、未来的研究方向等提出建议与讨论。

The crime of arson has been of great concern to the public in recent years, but there has been little empirical research in the characteristics of arsonists and their past experiences in fire. The study hypothesized that arsonists were significantly higher in hostile personality, inferiority, lack of social support and association, more experiences in fire, and positive attitude toward fire than non-arsonists. Questionnaire has been adopted as research tool. The subjects included 165 arson inmates and 465 non-arson inmates in Taiwan's prisons. The results suggested that the hypotheses are generally supported. The characteristics of arson recidivists, influence of past experiences in fire, reliability of scales, treatment of arsonists, and direction of future research were discussed.