David Canter
Professor David Victor Canter | |
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| Born | 5 January 1944 |
| Known for | Forensic psychology, investigative psychology and environmental psychology |
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| 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 known for his contributions to the field of architectural psychology over multiple decades, beginning in the late 1960s. He is currently emeritus professor at the University of Liverpool, publishing in the fields of environmental and forensic psychology.
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. 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.