Juvenile Firesetter Treatment Programs

Programs, often offered in a group home or other residential setting, that provide intensive counseling and other treatment services for children and youth, generally between the ages of seven and 18, who have been identified as problem firesetters i.e., youth who intentionally set fires and whose behavior is the result of anger, frustration, feelings of powerlessness and other psychosocial conflicts. Youth who have a long history of firesetting behavior and set fires as acts of vandalism or through other criminal intent may be prosecuted for juvenile arson.