Incendiary fires - Social processes of change and preventive measures

Since the end of the 1990s, the number of fires increases
dramatically in the city of Malmö. Between
1998 and 2009, the increase was 215 %. A growing
number of the fires are intentional and take place
outdoors. Most of the fires are also concentrated in
a limited number of neighborhoods. Furthermore,
many schools are affected. Between 2000 and 2011,
nearly 360 intentional fires occurred in schools. In
addition, conflicts between groups of teenage boys
and young men on the one hand, and the police
and the emergency services on the other occurred
during this time period. In these conflicts, fire-setting
is used as a conflict practice.