Abstract
One common form of arson is fire raising as an act of terrorism or for extremist cause. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the literature on this ubiquitous problem around the world by analyzing PKK′s systematic use of arsons. Drawing on time and locations of terrorist arson incidents, the research describes temporal patterns and then uses the Risk Terrain Modeling framework to analyze the behavior setting of the outcome event. Results suggest that PKK′s arsons were largely committed around February, over the weekends, and in the dark. In addition, the co-existence of four out of 20 spatial correlates within two street blocks increased the spatial risk of terrorist arson across the study area. The implications of the findings are also discussed for making policies toward these risky environments of terrorist fires settings around symbolic times to control the problem.
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