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Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders Paperback – March 31, 2004

by Anna Salter (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 493 ratings
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What motivates sexual abusers? Why are so few caught? Drawing on the stories of abusers, Anna C. Salter shows that sexual predators use sophisticated deception techniques and rely on misconceptions surrounding them to evade discovery. Arguing that even the most knowledgeable among us can be fooled, Salter dispels the myths about sexual predators and gives us the tools to protect our families and ourselves.
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Anna C. Salter, Ph.D., lectures and consults throughout the U.S. and abroad, and in 1997 won the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. She is the author of Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims, Transforming Trauma, and several forensic mysteries. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; Reprint edition (March 31, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0465071732
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0465071739
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 1.05 x 8.3 inches
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Customers find the book extremely informative, with one noting it serves as a great resource for investigators. The readability receives mixed reactions - while some praise its straightforward writing style, others find it difficult to read.

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Customers find the book extremely informative, providing undeniable information that goes a long way towards explaining the subject matter, with one customer noting it serves as a valuable resource for investigators.

"...I found a lot of useful information that was clearly written for parents...." Read more

"...It is an absolutely fantastic book that goes into great lengths to not only describe how these predators select and groom their victims, but how..." Read more

"...It contains important perspective on how to decrease vulnerability, and the idea of "detect" vs. "deflect" has been very helpful...." Read more

"...fairly light read, at times not for the faint hearted, it contains valuable information for anyone who wishes to protect themselves or loved ones..." Read more

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Customers have mixed opinions about the book's readability, with some finding it irresistibly and well-written with a straightforward style, while others describe it as very difficult and painful to read.

"...What a hard read. Let me first say that this book is graphic, including descriptions of sexual assaults...." Read more

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  • Native Phoenix
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but disturbing read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2009
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    I bought this book because I saw the author on "Oprah" and I found her to be very moving and ... she spoke very well to the "average person." I figured that as a parent and as someone who works in a helping profession, I could probably afford to get educated in this. I thought, rightly-so, that I probably have encountered a sexual predator either in the performance of my professional duties or just in the grocery store; and "would I know?" if I met such a person? The answers to those questions bothered me enough that I bought the book.

    What a hard read. Let me first say that this book is graphic, including descriptions of sexual assaults. It also details the "inner workings," logic, and "expectation of entitlement" of some predators. I found myself pretty compelled to keep reading, in part fascinated by the psychological aspects of these predators and also that it was explaining something that was so foreign to me and I felt I couldn't afford to not be informed. I found a lot of useful information that was clearly written for parents.

    Eventually I did run into someone, at the grocery store, who ... just fit the profile very well. And sure enough, this person did some of the very things described in this book and attempted (didn't get very far at all) to engage our young son in conversation. I knew exactly how to react, and ... literally, this guy ran. Knowing now how someone like this probably thinks, helped in this encounter.

    I bought 3 more copies and gave them as gifts.
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  • Sharon Hennessy
    5.0 out of 5 stars The bible on all aspects on child physical and sexual abuse
    Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017
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    Anna Salter really has written the bible on pedophiles. It is an absolutely fantastic book that goes into great lengths to not only describe how these predators select and groom their victims, but how they often avoid prosecution.
    I am a teacher in Catholic schools, a mother, a previous teacher of youth at risk students, and a divorced woman who went though the family law courts over a custody battle of my six year old daughter. This custody battle was also plagued by my very religious ex husband wanting our daughter to have contact with his best friend of 37 years (a violent man towards women and children who enjoyed children watching him perform sex acts on his partners and enjoyed the possibility of being caught out by children while having sex with his partners). I now understand how this man also groomed my ex husband, and how my ex husband still believed that this man was "good".

    I also think this book would benefit those families involved in family and criminal law proceedings, as well as the judges, solicitors and barristers, etc who run them.

    My only complaint about this book is that the statistics are all American based. I would have liked a chapter dedicated to the statistics all over the world, and the problems behind collecting these statistics. (E.g. age of consent in Australia is 16, but for homosexual sex it is 21. The definition of a "child" is also problematic as the age varies depending on the legal and social/educational/workplace context.

    It would also be good if there were more international support groups, books and online resources listed.
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  • MiladyDoyle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hard but needed read
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2010
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    A hard but needed read for all who want children or have them already. Before I was pregnate I read all that I could get my hands on about Child molesters I wanted to get inside their brain ,to see what makes them tick. In order to be safe from Predator, you need to get to know theanimals behavor and the signs to look for. It saved my Childs life to do so. From reading about these types of people I learned earily on that young children think anyone that says hello or smiles at them, isn't a stranger to the child, so it's a mute point in tell the child to not talk to strangers or Stranger Danger. Because as one F.B.I agent said, childrens do not understand that a person who smiles and seems friendly may not be a friend at all, Children must be taught that they are not to talk to a Adult with out their parents, Grandparents or Teacher around. A child should also be taught to never answer an adult that is asking you for Directions, even if the child knows where the place is..Good Adults do not ask Young children directions.The child needs to be taught the dangers of this ploy and told to run rightway to home or to a trusted firends home as fast as they can. This happened to my child and she was with a friend, her friend started walking to the car and my daughter grabed her hand and said RUN, Good Adults don't ask children Directs or to help them, She said the man took off so fast he amost hit another car Molesters know that children think anyone that smiles at the child or says hello, is not a stranger to a child, they also know most parents do not know this. The child MUST be made to understand that it is very dangerous to talk to anyone without a trusted adult that the childs parents have said is trusted.
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  • M&J
    5.0 out of 5 stars but I am glad that I did
    Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2016
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    This book was very disturbing and difficult to read, but I am glad that I did. I have been able to share some of the main points of the book with others who are perhaps too sensitive to subject themselves to all of the details. It contains important perspective on how to decrease vulnerability, and the idea of "detect" vs. "deflect" has been very helpful. This book increased my awareness as a petite woman (vulnerable in size), as a parent (with all of the places my kids are involved), and as someone involved in the faith community (where adults are entrusted with children). The knowledge can be applied in all areas.
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  • Lark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Real Self Defence
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2009
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    This is a great book which will provide invaluable insights to people wishing to protect themselves and their children from the most loathsome elements of human society. While it is an American book and deals with that context, the statistics and case studies being American, the profiles of offenders and crimes I consider to be relevant beyond that context.

    It has a great contents comprising a Foreword in praise of the author, the author's introduction and then chapters the problem; deception; techniques of deception; child molesters; rapists; sadists; psychopaths: Foooling People For the Thrill of It; staff seductions; rose coloured glasses and trauma; detecting deception; protecting our children and ourselves: Deflecting Sex Offenders. There is also a great series of end notes elaborating on points made throughout the text, a bibliography and very good index.

    I would recommend this as vital reading to professionals charged with child protection and the general reader alike. It deals with some pretty disturbing material, reproductions of interviews with offenders and survivors of abuse are included and some of it is not for the faint of heart but it never becomes so harrowing as to be deter reading altogether.

    What I found most shocking was the extent to which public and professionals have been and can be duped by these predatory individuals, how the extent of the problem is only beginning to come to light, being much more extensive than the scandals involving clerical abuse or abuse in institutions, and the manner in which professional responses alone are and WILL prove insufficient.

    I was surprised at the chapter on Child Molesters the extent to which research undermined survivors of abuse and had almost a collusionary quality, excusing or minimising offending behaviour but this is thematically in keeping with the narrative the author creates that the true horror of this behaviour evokes such horror that everyone wishes to deny or evade a true comprehension.

    The pace and style of writing is engaging and for a non-fiction book it is something of a page turner, its also a very human account. Salter admits suspiscions that it is impossible to have the amount of contact she has had with offenders and remain unscaved. There are also serious truisms here too, at one point Salter states that you can buy as many guns as you like (a uniquely American creature comfort) but it will not guarantee safety if you do not become suspiscious of or guarded against potential threats.

    There is a lot of straight talk, for instance presenting the case of a parent who regrets becoming suspiscious of unaccompanied male adults loitering at childrens play parks and asking which would be the greateer regret, misjudging someone but being safe or dealing with the aftermath of predatory behaviour. Salter describes how there is little in the way of satisfaction to be received from the legal system, discovery, evidence of guilt, capture and consequences, including treatment, are also unlikely to deter further offences.

    This is as well researched, evidence based and readable a source as you will possibly find and useful in, properly understood, defence of yourself and children from the worst sorts of loathsome and harmful behaviour there is in the world today.
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  • Chris Des mazes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for everyone
    Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2025
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    Amazing. Helped me understand the pedophiles and rapists of saanich bc who have killed many children .
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  • Philippa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and hugely helpful
    Reviewed in Australia on May 30, 2021
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    This is NOT light reading. But if you coped with Gavin de Becker's 'The Gift of Fear,' then you will cope with this. It's got a lot to offer any concerned parent or administrator. Salter also offers some good insights into the psychology of victim-blaming that I haven't come across before.
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  • Kai Kühn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ein wichtiges Buch
    Reviewed in Germany on November 28, 2019
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    Die Autorin gibt einen sehr guten und fundierten Einblick in die Psyche und die Taktiken dieser Tätergruppen. Ein sehr wichtiges Buch.
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  • Elliot Overton
    5.0 out of 5 stars It is clear and concise and overall an easy read. I found it really helpful with learning ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2015
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    This book is horrifying but an absolute must read, it is packed full of hard hitting information that left me thankful to have read it.
    It is clear and concise and overall an easy read. I found it really helpful with learning how predators mind's work and how I can protect myself better against them.

    I would definitely recommend this to anyone!
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