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62 relations: Anglo-Norman language, Arson in royal dockyards, Australian Institute of Criminology, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Burglary, California, Cameron Todd Willingham, Capital punishment, CBS News, Common law, Crime, Crimes Ordinance, Criminal damage in English law, Culpable and reckless conduct, Edward Coke, Element (criminal law), English law, Esperanza Fire, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Felony, Fire, Fire accelerant, Fire investigation, Firefighter arson, Forest, Gasoline, Herostratus, Indictment, Insurance, Insurance fraud, John Leonard Orr, Kerosene, Late Latin, Latin, Life imprisonment, Mischief, Misdemeanor, Molotov cocktail, Newbury Weekly News, Old English, Old French, Oxford University Press, Property, Property damage, Proto-Indo-European language, Pyromania, Reckless burning, San Francisco Chronicle, Shrubland, Spontaneous combustion, ..., Tennessee, Texas, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, The Salina Journal, United States, Vandalism, Wilderness, Wildfire, Wilful fire raising, William Blackstone, Woodbine Building Supply fire, Yale Law School. Expand index (12 more) »
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.
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Arson in royal dockyards
Arson in royal dockyards was a criminal offence in the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
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Australian Institute of Criminology
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and criminal justice.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice.
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Burglary
Burglary (also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking) is an unlawful entry into a building or other location for the purposes of committing an offence.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Cameron Todd Willingham
Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted and executed for the murder of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
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CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Crimes Ordinance
The Crimes Ordinance is the in the Laws of Hong Kong last amended in 1972 relating to certain consolidated penal enactments.
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Criminal damage in English law
In English law, causing criminal damage was originally a common law offence.
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Culpable and reckless conduct
Culpable and Reckless Conduct is a Common Law offence under Scots Law.
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Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke ("cook", formerly; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
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Element (criminal law)
Under United States law, an element of a crime (or element of an offense) is one of a set of facts that must all be proven to convict a defendant of a crime.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Esperanza Fire
The Esperanza Fire was a large, wind-driven, arson-caused wildfire that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near Cabazon, California, west of Palm Springs, California.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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Felony
The term felony, in some common law countries, is defined as a serious crime.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
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Fire accelerant
In fire protection, an accelerant is any substance or mixture that accelerates or speeds the development and escalation of fire.
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Fire investigation
Fire investigation, sometimes referred to as origin and cause investigation, is the analysis of fire-related incidents.
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Firefighter arson
Firefighter arson is a persistent phenomenon involving a minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists.
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Forest
A forest is a large area dominated by trees.
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Gasoline
Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
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Herostratus
Herostratus (Ἡρόστρατος) was a 4th-century BC Greek arsonist, who sought notoriety by destroying the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Indictment
An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.
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Insurance
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss.
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Insurance fraud
Insurance fraud is any act committed with the intent to obtain a fraudulent outcome from an insurance process.
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John Leonard Orr
John Leonard Orr (born April 26, 1949) is an American former fire captain and arson investigator for the Glendale Fire Department in Southern California and novelist who was indicted and later convicted for serial arson and 4 counts of murder.
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Kerosene
Kerosene, also known as paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil (an obsolete term), is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum.
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Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.
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Mischief
Mischief or malicious mischief is the specific name for different criminal offenses in a number of different jurisdictions.
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Misdemeanor
A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour in British English) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems.
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Molotov cocktail
A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, bottle bomb, poor man's grenade, Molotovin koktaili (Finnish), polttopullo (Finnish), fire bomb (not to be confused with an actual fire bomb) or just Molotov, commonly shortened as Molly, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons.
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Newbury Weekly News
The Newbury Weekly News is an award-winning English local weekly newspaper, covering Newbury and West Berkshire.
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Old English
Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
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Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; Modern French: ancien français) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Property
Property, in the abstract, is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.
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Property damage
Property damage (or, in England and Wales criminal damage) is damage to or the destruction of public or private property, caused either by a person who is not its owner or by natural phenomena.
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Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the linguistic reconstruction of the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, the most widely spoken language family in the world.
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Pyromania
Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, in order to relieve tension or for instant gratification.
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Reckless burning
Reckless burning is a crime that involves illegally setting fire to something not of building proportions, such as leaves or trash.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.
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Shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.
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Spontaneous combustion
Spontaneous combustion or spontaneous ignition is a type of combustion which occurs by self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally, autoignition.
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Tennessee
Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (AHD) is an American dictionary of English published by Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin, the first edition of which appeared in 1969.
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The Salina Journal
Salina Journal is a daily morning newspaper based in Salina, Kansas, United States.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Vandalism
Vandalism is an "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property".
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Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity.
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Wildfire
A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area.
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Wilful fire raising
Wilful fire-raising is a common law offence under Scots law applicable to deliberately starting fires with intent to cause damage to property.
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William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century.
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Woodbine Building Supply fire
On December 24, 2001, arsonists set fire to Woodbine Building Supply Co. in Toronto, Ontario, causing an explosion and leading to one of the largest fires in the city's history.
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Yale Law School
Yale Law School (often referred to as Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson
