Deprogramming: from private self-help to governmental organized repression

This paper examines deprogramming, a multi-faceted form of derecruitment from unpopular religious groups ("cults") developed in the United States and then spreading to other nations, as a form of social control of new religious movements. The early history of deprogramming in the United St...

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Main Author: Richardson, James T. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2011, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 321-336
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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