Book Description

This document is intended to provide concise practical and technical guidance on arson prosecution. It draws heavily on state arson prosecutors' guides and other literature, and on presentations made at the first in a series of conferences for arson prosecutors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Clynco, Georgia in November 1985. This document also contains a guide to key literature on arson prosecution. This guide, found in Appendix A, suggests specific readings for prosecutors desiring additional information on the topics discussed in this document. Full citations to materials cited in the text and in the guide to sources by topic may be found in the references at the end of the report.