I am working on a second edition of my book Criminal Psychology, first published in 2008 and available on Amazon here. Do you have any thoughts on what should be included? Please email me: info@davidcanter.com.
The Truth About Offender Profiling Crime psychology expert David Canter describes how the search for scientific offender profiling became investigative psychology. Download PDF: The Truth About Offender Profiling
Perhaps all government policies should come with this sticker affixed. (Photo: ORC Forensics) We’d all agree, wouldn’t we? Reducing health and social problems caused by alcohol abuse is a good idea. So, to set such a policy in motion we
A memorial of flowers and candles at Düsseldorf Airport for victims of the Germanwings crash. (Photo: .Hans135797531/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0) Suicide when there are no obvious precursors is difficult to understand or even difficult for many people to believe possible. We
Islamic State fighters in Iraq’s Anbar province Not long ago, David Cameron joined many leading politicians in accepting terrorist rhetoric. He declared the need to outlaw ideological extremism. For although the web pages, blogs and tweets that support recruitment to
Who am I? Or even more curiously who are you? These are questions about the self. That aspect of who we are that we believe defines, or at least describes, each of us. The popular notion is that this is
(Photo © Copyright Iain Thompson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence) Most people know the climate is changing, don’t they? There is even a term of insult that parallels the outlawing of holocaust deniers- climate change deniers.
So is this the lasting legacy of Olympics past? An AdiZone in Chelmsford When the cheers die down and the crowds go home what is left after major sporting extravaganzas such as the Olympics or the World Cup? Is the
An increasing number of young men, born and bred in the UK, seem to be popping up in videos extolling vicious violence. There is also growing evidence of them joining ISIS and other Islamic fundamentalist insurgents. This is leading to
