Name Anna Salter Role Psychologist | Education Harvard University | |
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Nominations Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, Barry Award for Best Paperback Original Books Predators: Pedophiles - Rapists - a, Shiny water, Treating child sex offenders, Prison Blues, Transforming Trauma: A Guide to | ||
Anna Salter is an American psychologist and mystery novelist.
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Education, clinical and research work
In 1968, Salter earned a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of North Carolina. Her Masters was in Child Development at Tufts University (1973), and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice at Harvard University (1977).
Salter has an emphasis in sex crimes. She has treated the victims of sex crimes, and also has studied offenders. She has published several books and peer-reviewed articles on sex crimes, given many keynote speeches to professional and law enforcement groups, and consults with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Additionally, Salter has interviewed numerous sex offenders and other criminals, compiling the videotaped interviews along with her commentary and analysis. Truth, Lies and Sex Offenders is for general audiences, and Sadistic Offenders: How They Think, What They Do is aimed at professionals and law enforcement.
Fiction
As of 2011, Salter has also published four mystery novels: Shiny Water, Fault Lines, White Lies and Prison Blues. The latter was nominated for a 2003 Edgar Award for best paperback original.