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Cox-Jones, C., Lubetsky, M., Fultz, S. A., & Kolko, D. J. (1990). Inpatient treatment of a young recidivist firesetter. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 29, 936-941.

Kolko, D. J. (1999). Firesetting in children and youth. In M. Hersen & V. V. Hasselt (Eds.), Handbook of psychological approaches with violent offenders: Contemporary strategies and issues (pp. 95-115). New York: Plenum Press.

Kolko, D. J. (2001a). Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment and fire safety education for firesetting children: Initial and follow-up outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 42(359-369).

Kolko, D. J. (2001b). Firesetters. In C. R. Hollin (Ed.), Handbook of offender assessment and treatment (pp. 391-413). New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Kolko, D. J., Day, B. T., Bridge, J., & Kazdin, A. (2001). Two-year prediction of children's firesetting in clinically-referred and non-referred samples. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 42, 371-980.

Kolko, D. J., Herschell, A. D., & Scharf, D. M. (2006). Education and treatment for children who set fires: Specificity, moderators, and predictors of recidivism. Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders, 14(4), 227-239.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1986). A conceptualiization of firesetting in children and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 14(1), 49-61. doi: 0091-0627/86/0300-0049505.00

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1988). Prevalence of firesetting and related behaviors among child psychiatric patients. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 56(4), 628-630.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1989a). Assessment of dimensions of childhood firesetting among child psychiatric patients and nonpatients. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 17, 157-176.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1989b). The Children's Firesetting Interview with psychiatrically referred and nonreferred children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 17(6), 609-624.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1990). Matchplay and firesetting in children: Relationship to parent, marital, and family dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 19(3), 229-238.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1991). Aggression and psychopathology in matchplaying and firesetting children:A replication and extension. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 20, 191-201.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. (1992). The emergence and recurrence of child firesetting: A one-year prospective study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 20, 17-37.

Kolko, D. J., Kazdin, A., & Day, B. T. (1998). Two-year prospective study of children's involvement with fire: Predicitors in clinic and nonclinic samples.

Kolko, D. J., & Kazdin, A. E. (1994). Children's descriptions of their firesetting incidents: Characteristics and relationship to recidivism. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 33(1), 114-122.

Kolko, D. J., Scharf, D. M., Herschell, A. D., Wilcox, D. K., Okulitch, J. S., & Pinsoneault, I. (2008). Survey of juvenile firesetter intervention programs in North America. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 26(4), 41-66.

Kolko, D. J., Vernberg, E. M. (2017). Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Kolko, D. J., Watson, S., & Faust, J. (1991). Fire safety/prevention skills training to reduce involvement with fire in young psychiatric inpatients: Preliminary findings. Behavior Therapy, 22(2), 269-284.