New Methods
Police brought in a psychologist from the University of Surrey, Dr. David Canter, to help their inquiries. There had been no previous use in Britain of "psychological offender profiling" as it was known, but something fresh was required as three women had been murdered and numerous others raped, with little progress being made. Canter examined the details of each crime and built up a profile of the attacker's personality, habits and traits. While this continued, another attack took place as a 14-year-old girl was raped in a park (David Canter was a psychologist working in the field of geographical psychology at the time). This enquiry led him to set up Investigative Psychology, a field in which he has become an acknowledged expert.
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