David Canter

Professor David Victor Canter
Born	(1944-01-05) 5 January 1944 (age 82)
Known for	Forensic psychology, investigative psychology and environmental psychology
Academic work
Discipline	Psychology
Sub-discipline	Forensic psychology, architectural psychology and investigative psychology
Notable works	Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer Mapping Murder: The secrets of geographical profiling Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action Experiments in Anti-social Behaviour: Ten studies for students

David Victor Canter (born 5 January 1944) is a British psychologist ^[1] known for his contributions to the field of architectural psychology over multiple decades, beginning in the late 1960s. ^[2] He is currently emeritus professor at the University of Liverpool, publishing in the fields of environmental and forensic psychology. ^{[3] [4]}

He began his career in the late 1960s as an architectural psychologist, publishing and providing consultancy on the designs of offices, schools, prisons, housing and other building forms, as well as exploring how people made sense of the large scale environment, notably cities. ^[5] He established the Journal of Environmental Psychology in 1980.

From 2009 he was at the University of Huddersfield, where he directed the International Research Centre in Investigative Psychology. He retired in 2018. ^[6]

Books

• The Study of Meaning in Architecture (1968) Publisher: D.V. Canter
• Scales for the Evaluation of Buildings (1971) Strathclyde University
• People and Buildings: A Brief Overview of Research (1972) Council of Planning Librarians
• Psychology for Architects (1974) London: Applied Science ISBN   0-85334-590-2
• The Psychology of Place (1977) Architectural Press ISBN   0-85139-532-5
• Studies of Human Behavior in Fire: Empirical Results and Their Implications for Education and Design (1983) University of Surrey
• Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer (1994) Harper-Collins ISBN   1-928704-21-2
  (won 1995 Anthony Award for Best True Crime book) ^[7] (won 1994 Golden Dagger award for True Crime)
• Criminal Shadows – Inner Narratives of Evil (2000, Paperback) Authorlink ISBN   978-1-928704-21-8
• Psychology in Action (1996) Dartmouth ISBN   1-85521-365-6
• Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling (2003) Virgin Books. ISBN   1-85227-078-0
• Criminal Psychology: Topics in Applied Psychology (Topics Applied Psychology) (27 June 2008) Hodder Arnold ISBN   978-0-340-92892-9
• The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Cross-disciplinary Explorations (ed.) (2009) WileyBlackwell ISBN   978-0-470-75381-1
• Forensic Psychology: A very short introduction (2010) Oxford University Press ISBN   978-0-19-955020-3 (also translated into Egyptian)
• Forensic Psychology for Dummies (2012) John Wiley and Sons Ltd ISBN   978-1-119-97738-4(ebk)

Collaborations

• Architectural Psychology (ed.) (1970)
• Psychology and the Built Environment (1974) (ed. with Terence Lee.) ISBN   978-0-470-52149-6
• Environmental Interaction: Psychological Approaches to Our Physical Surroundings (1975) (ed. with P. Stringer) ISBN   978-0-8236-1685-5
• Designing for Therapeutic Environments: A Review of Research (ed. with S. Canter) (1979)
• Psychology in Practice: Perspectives on Professional Psychology (ed. with S. Canter) (1982)
• Facet Theory: Approaches to Social Research (ed.) (1985)
• The Research Interview: Uses and Approaches (ed. M. Brenner and J. Brown) (1985)
• Environmental Social Psychology (ed. with J.C. Jesuino, L. Soczka and G.M. Stephenson) (1988)
• Environmental Perspectives (ed. with M. Krampen and D. Stea) (1988)
• Environmental Policy, Assessment and Communication (ed. with M. Krampen and D. Stea) (1988)
• New Directions in Environmental Participation (ed. with M. Krampen and D. Stea) (1988)
• Football in its Place: An Environmental Psychology of Football Grounds (with Miriam Comber and David L. Uzzell) (1989). Introduction by Sir Oliver Popplewell. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0-415-01240-9
• Fires and Human Behaviour (ed.) (1990) Fulton ISBN   1-85346-105-9
• Empirical Approaches to Social Representations (1993); with Breakwell, Glynis. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-852181-2
• Criminal Detection and the Psychology of Crime (1997); with Alison, Laurence. Aldershot: Ashgate/Dartmouth. ISBN   1-85521-454-7
• Interviewing and Deception – Offender Profiling Series, Vol. I (1998); with Alison, Laurence. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN   1-85521-380-X
• Profiling in Policy and Practice – Offender Profiling Series, Vol. II (1999); with Alison, Laurence. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN   1-84014-782-2
• The Social Psychology of Crime: Groups, Teams and Networks – Offender Profiling Series, Vol. III (2000); with Alison, Laurence. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN   1-84014-497-1
• Profiling Property Crime – Offender Profiling Series, Vol. IV (2000); with Alison, Laurence. Alderhost: Ashgate. ISBN   1-84014-787-3
• Profiling Rape and Murder – Offender Profiling Series, Vol. V (2008); with Alison, Laurence. Alderhost: Ashgate. ISBN   1-84014-495-5
• Profiling: Principles, Processes, Practicalities (2008); with Keppel, Robert. London: Prentice Hall. ISBN   0-13-119276-0
• Psychology and Law: Bridging the Gap (Psychology, Crime and Law) (Ed.) (2008); with Zukauskiene, Rita (Ed.). Ashgate ISBN   978-0-7546-2660-2
• Environmental Psychology; with Bonnes, Mirilia and Hartig, Terry. (28 April 2008) Ashgate ISBN   978-0-7546-2530-8
• The Investigative Psychology of Serial Killing; with Youngs, Donna. (28 September 2008) Ashgate ISBN   978-0-7546-2548-3
• Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action (3 October 2008, Paperback); with Youngs, Donna. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN   978-0-470-02397-6
• Becoming an Author: Advice for Academics and Professionals (2006); with Fairbairn, Gavin. Open University Press ISBN   978-0-335-20275-1
• Biologising the Social Sciences: Challenging Darwininan and Neuroscience Explanations (2014); with Turner, David (Ed.) Routledge ISBN   978-0-415-82480-4

References

1. 'CANTER, Prof. David Victor', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 Retrieved 31 Jan 2012
2. "Why do we leave it so late? David Canter turns to emergencies and 'rules of place". The British Psychological Society .
3. "An interview with Professor David Canter". University of Huddersfield. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
4. Yogi, Psych (27 October 2014). "Canter et al., (2004) – 'The organised/disorganised typology of serial murder myth or model?'". Psych Yogi. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
5. Julie (19 November 2024). "Life and Legacy of Psychologist David Canter". Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
6. Buschmann, Claas T. (1 June 2011). "David Canter: Forensic psychology—A very short introduction". Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology. 7 (2): 229–229. doi:10.1007/s12024-010-9195-4. ISSN   1556-2891.
7. "Anthony Award Nominees and Winners". Bouchercon. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

External links

• Official web site
• Crimelibrary.com