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David Victor Canter

デイヴィッド・ヴィクター・カンター

Deividdo Vikutā Kantā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944-01-05
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
Psychologist, Architectural psychologist, Environmental psychologist, Forensic psychologist, Investigative psychologist
Active Years
1968-2018
Affiliations
University of Surrey, University of Liverpool, University of Huddersfield

Awards

Anthony Award
1995
Work: Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
Category: Best True Crime
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: winner
Golden Dagger
1994
Work: Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
Category: True Crime
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

1994 Criminal Psychology

A non-fiction book analyzing the minds of serial killers using investigative psychology.

Serial killersCriminal profilingPsychological analysis

Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling

2003 Criminal Psychology

Explores geographical profiling in solving murders.

Geographical profilingCrime investigation

Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

2008 Criminal Psychology

Detailed work on investigative psychology and offender profiling.

Offender profilingCriminal action analysis

Experiments in Anti-social Behaviour: Ten studies for students

Psychology

Collection of studies on anti-social behavior for students.

Anti-social behaviour

Bibliography

  • The Study of Meaning in Architecture (1968)
  • Scales for the Evaluation of Buildings (1971)
  • People and Buildings: A Brief Overview of Research (1972)
  • Psychology for Architects (1974)
  • The Psychology of Place (1977)
  • Studies of Human Behavior in Fire (1983)
  • Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer (1994)
  • Criminal Shadows – Inner Narratives of Evil (2000)
  • Psychology in Action (1996)
  • Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling (2003)
  • Criminal Psychology: Topics in Applied Psychology (2008)
  • The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (2009)
  • Forensic Psychology: A very short introduction (2010)
  • Forensic Psychology for Dummies (2012)

Translations of Works

  • Egyptian translation (Forensic Psychology: A very short introduction)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Academic and empirical style
Recurring Motifs
Criminal psychologyEnvironmental influences on behavior

Legacy

Pioneer of investigative psychology, developed bottom-up criminal profiling in Britain. Assisted police in cases like the Railway Rapist. Founded Journal of Environmental Psychology.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured in true crime documentaries

Trivia

  • Assisted police in the 1985 Railway Rapist case.
  • Founded the Journal of Environmental Psychology in 1980.
  • Retired in 2018.