Michael Salter

Research

Organized and ritual sexual abuse In 2012, Salter published Organised Sexual Abuse, a book about an alleged typology of sexual abuse perpetrated by two or more people in settings including satanic child rape gangs, sexual abuse rituals and organized sexual murder groups, which Salter calls "organized sexual abuse". The topic is also associated with conspiracy theories about ritual and satanic sexual abuse, such as QAnon.

The book includes limited information about its methodology. In his book, accounts from his research participants commonly allege instances of "mind control" by abusers who often see themselves as "kings" or "warlocks". The book also discusses allegations of child murder by what Salter says are organized groups of child sexual abuse, as well as theories regarding masculinity and violence. The study was the first of its kind to be conducted in the country. It was commented on by Inman Grant.

Salter won a 2014 "new scholar award" from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. Another paper of his on domestic violence received a high commendation for their 2017 Allen Austin Bartholomew award.