John Orr: What Makes A Serial Arsonist?

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When someone compulsively set fires, and makes a habit of it they are considered a serial arsonist. The law defines this as someone maliciously burning a person, place, or thing. I do believe that John Orr fits the profile of being a serial arsonist. While reviewing the slide of the arson power point it describes the details of a makes a serial arsonist. What stood out to me was that a serial arsonist usually keeps a specific pattern going. Orr’s pattern was “using an incendiary timing-device, usually comprising a lit cigarette, three matches wrapped in ruled yellow writing paper and secured by a rubber band, in stores while they were open and populated. He would also set small fires often in the grassy hills, to draw firefighters, leaving
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