KAREN FRANKLIN, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area and an instructor at the California School of Professional Psychology (Alliant International University). She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of criminal defendants. Her research on the psychosocial motivations of hate crime offenders has been awarded with the Monette/Horwitz Trust Award and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship. Her peer-reviewed publications have appeared in the American Behavioral Scientist, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, the Encyclopedia of Violence, the Encyclopedia of Criminology, the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, and other venues. A former criminal investigator and legal affairs reporter, she received postdoctoral training in forensic psychology through the University of Washington.
