ARSON

Armildez Rafael P.
Crim 3 Block D
ARSON
The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and
willfully setting fire to the building or property
of another or of burning one's property.
ARSON INVESTIGATION

The Bureau of Fire Once proven that the

Protection ha the power to crime of arson was
investigate all causes of fire committed the highest
• Filing proper complaint with penalty should be
the City or Provincial imposed which is the
Prosecutor. penalty of Reclusion
• Appearance and giving of Perpetua.
testemonies before the court
of law during legal
Proceedings
Motives of the Arsonist
 Economic Gain
 Profit by the perpetuator other than the insured person
Salvagers and contractors wishing to contract another
building.
Insurance agents using business with the insured person
 Concealment of Crime
The arsonist may set fire to a building in order to conceal
a projected or past crime. The burning may be for the
purpose of destroying evidence.
 Pyromania
The uncomfortable impulse of a person to burn anything
without any motivation
What Constitute Arson?

 Burning
There must be burning of charing.
 Willfulness
Act was done purposely and with intention
 Motive
The moving cause that induce the commission of the crime
 Intent
The purpose or designed with which the act is done and involves the
will to do the act.
 Malice
It denotes hatered or a desire revenge.
 CORPUS DELICTI in Arson
Corpus Delicti is the body of the crime.

To establish Corpus sCorp Delicti in arson there are two elements they
are:

1. Burning of the house or other things.

2. The Criminal group that caused it.

Arson is established by providing the corpus delicti, usually in the form

of Circumstantial Evidence.
 Basic Methods of Fire
Investigation
1. Preservation of fire scene
- Consider the fire scene itself as evidence
- Avoid Contamination, loss or unnecessary movement of physical
evidence within the fire scene
- Secure the fire scene from unauthorized intrusion.
- Limit the access in the fire scene to those persons who only need to
be there.
2. Examination of the fire scene
- Examination should be thorough
- Analyze fire patterns
- Trace fire spread
- Identify areas and point of origin
- Identify the fuel involved
- Established the corpus delicti by eliminating all
natural or accidental causes
3. RECORDING THE FIRE SCENE
4. FIRE SCENE SKETCH
5. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
EXAMINATION AND TESTING
6. SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Note that Arson is not a complex crime and only
the BFP can file the proper complaint.

Also its needed a thoroughly

investigation because it is a classic
heinous crime who needs a skillfully,
scientific and systematic investigation.
Thank you