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

He began his career in the late 1960s as anarchitectural 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 theJournal of Environmental Psychology in 1980.

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

• 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 ScienceISBN 0-85334-590-2
• The Psychology of Place (1977) Architectural PressISBN 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-CollinsISBN 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) AuthorlinkISBN 978-1-928704-21-8
• Psychology in Action (1996) DartmouthISBN 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 ArnoldISBN 978-0-340-92892-9
• The Faces of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Cross-disciplinary Explorations (ed.) (2009) WileyBlackwellISBN 978-0-470-75381-1
• Forensic Psychology: A very short introduction (2010) Oxford University PressISBN 978-0-19-955020-3 (also translated into Egyptian)
• Forensic Psychology for Dummies (2012) John Wiley and Sons LtdISBN 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 SirOliver Popplewell. Taylor & Francis.ISBN 978-0-415-01240-9
• Fires and Human Behaviour (ed.) (1990) FultonISBN 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.). AshgateISBN 978-0-7546-2660-2
• Environmental Psychology; with Bonnes, Mirilia and Hartig, Terry. (28 April 2008) AshgateISBN 978-0-7546-2530-8
• The Investigative Psychology of Serial Killing; with Youngs, Donna. (28 September 2008) AshgateISBN 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 PressISBN 978-0-335-20275-1
• Biologising the Social Sciences: Challenging Darwininan and Neuroscience Explanations (2014); with Turner, David (Ed.) RoutledgeISBN 978-0-415-82480-4

• Official web site
• Crimelibrary.com

• 1944 births
• Living people
• Academics of the University of Surrey
• Anthony Award winners
• British criminologists
• Forensic psychologists
• Offender profiling

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