# The Life Scientific: David Canter

- Source: Discovery
- Published: 2026-10-19T20:00:00+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8jt2
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/the-life-scientific-david-canter-1bac06/

Although books and movies might suggest otherwise, catching criminals is of course less about hunches and gut instinct, and more about gruelling analysis of hard data - including when it comes to the psychological side. David Canter is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool, who took exactly this approach in the 1980s when he was asked to help police track down a serial

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