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Professor David Canter, the internationally renowned applied social researcher and world-leading crime psychologist, is perhaps most widely known as one of the pioneers of "Offender Profiling" being the first to introduce its use to the UK.

The Politician in the Pocket

By David Canter | Published: June 19, 2019

David Canter reviews The Handbook of Organised Crime and Politics. Its crucial findings drawn from across studies in Europe, the Americas and South East Asia, is that in many places politicians benefit from the support...

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Criminology, McMafia, Misha Glenny, Organized Crime | Leave a comment

Is True-Crime Therapy?

By David Canter | Published: June 17, 2019

David Canter considers the possible impact on criminals of accounts of psychologists’ contributions to solving crime. "Typically, criminals do not have the intellectual abilities to study academic or true-crime to learn how to avoid...

Posted in International Debate | Tagged Criminology, Psychology, Serial Killers | Leave a comment

Heard the One About a Politician Who Became a Friend on Facebook? New Political Communication

By David Canter | Published: May 31, 2019

David Canter considers the impact of changing ways in which politics is communicated. In the age of the internet direct encouragement of what the audience is to feel, rather than detailed exposition of policy and...

Posted in Research | Tagged Elections, Political Science, Social Media | Leave a comment

The Risks of Doing Research That Has Impact

By David Canter | Published: March 13, 2019

David Canter considers the emotional and physical challenges of field research and the limits of conventional ethical approval.

Posted in Impact, Research | Tagged Contemporary Social Science, Global South | Leave a comment

Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home

By David Canter | Published: June 12, 2018

David Canter reviews results of studies on the challenges of sustaining natural resources.

Posted in Research | Tagged Climate Change, Social Science and Climate Change, sustainability | Leave a comment

Archive, Therefore I Am

By David Canter | Published: April 19, 2018

What is one's legacy after a half century as an academic? Although it's not his only legacy, our David Canter considers the 'archive' of surveys, old journals, letters and other reputed 'data' that makes up...

Posted in Career, Interdisciplinarity | Tagged Archive, Data Protection | Leave a comment

How Young People Cope with Challenging Contexts

By David Canter | Published: February 13, 2018

In an exploration of the complex dynamics of youth in especially challenging situations around the world, Charalmabos Tsekeris and Lilu Stylianoudi from the Academy of Athens have brought together 15 studies from around the world...

Posted in Research | Tagged Youth | Leave a comment

When Is It Appropriate to Call a Crime ‘Terrorist’?

By David Canter | Published: October 16, 2017

Looking at the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas and the ongoing violence perpetrated by people claiming to be working for the so-called Islamic State, our David Canter examines the use of the word ;terrorism'...

Posted in International Debate, Public Policy | Tagged Terrorism | Leave a comment

Political Activism is Not Just for Youngsters

By David Canter | Published: September 25, 2017

David Canter reviews a new range of studies that shows people can be politically active from childhood to old age

Posted in Public Engagement, Research | Tagged Activism, Contemporary Social Science | Leave a comment

To Know a Society, Know Its Crime

By David Canter | Published: September 6, 2017

"Crime is an integrated aspect of any culture." David Canter reviews how crime influences a society's actions and illustrates the broader social consequences that crime may have on the individuals in a particular culture.

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Tagged Contemporary Social Science, Crime, globalization | Leave a comment

Is Karl Marx Living at this Hour?

By David Canter | Published: June 27, 2017

David Canter reviews the evidence amassing to show the depredations of economic inequality.

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Tagged Inequality, Social Inequality | Leave a comment

Civic (Dis)Engagement

By David Canter | Published: January 23, 2017

Failures to participate in expected commitments, such as not turning up for doctors’ appointments or not taking up benefits like free school meals or welfare payments, are aspects of what Robin G. Milne designates as...

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Tagged Civic Engagement, Robert Putnam, Robin Milne | Leave a comment

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The Politician in the Pocket

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The Risks of Doing Research That Has Impact

Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home

Archive, Therefore I Am

How Young People Cope with Challenging Contexts

When Is It Appropriate to Call a Crime ‘Terrorist’?

Political Activism is Not Just for Youngsters

To Know a Society, Know Its Crime

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