Evidence to the Courts
As its foremost authority, Professor Canter provides expert opinion based on all aspects of scientific Investigative Psychology (remit)
In general terms, this can constitute opinion on the psychology of all forms of criminal behaviour and offenders as well as the investigation process, the credibility of evidence/ witnesses and the legal process.
For example, recent expert opinion that he has been called upon to give has fallen in the following areas:
- Offender Profiling/ Defendant Profiling with personality & other psychometric assessment
- Forensic Psycholinguistics/ Authorship Attribution
- False Rape Allegations
- Equivocal Death/ Psychological Autopsy
- Interviewing techniques; Identification Parades
- Entrapment
- Harassment /Stalking Assessment
- Evaluation of Legal Testimony: Eyewitness Evidence
- Environmental Conditions in Prisons: The "Slopping Out" cases
Professor Canter is frequently called upon to comment on the general scientific rigour of other expert testimony.
His commitment to justice means that Professor Canter works for the defence or the prosecution and contributes to cases of personal importance through to those of international significance.