CONTENTS
Employing Trafficking Laws to Capture Elusive Leaders of Destructive Cults
Robin Boyle Laisure ................................................................................................................................1
From Deprogramming to Deradicalization: How Cultic Studies Offers Insights
for Subject-Diversion Programs and Suggests Pathways for Complaint About
Religious and Ideologically Motivated Abuse in Australia
Stephen B. Mutch ....................................................................................................................................31
Is Psychological Distress Among Former Cult Members Related to
Psychological Abuse in the Cult?
Maria Göransson and Rolf Holmqvist .............................................................................................43
The Gentle Wind Project: Quasi-Religion and Alternative Health
Kayla Swanson ..........................................................................................................................................55
Book and Film Reviews
Born and Raised in a [Sect]: You Are Not Alone (Lois Kendall)
Reviewer: Gillie Jenkinson ...................................................................................................................70
Deprogrammed (Writer/Director: Mia Donovan)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart .................................................................................................................73
Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy
(Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine, Editors)
Reviewer: Sarah Lonelodge ................................................................................................................76
Cult Recovery: A Clinician’s Guide to Working With Former Members and
Family (Editors: Lorna Goldberg, William Goldberg, Rosanne Henry, and
Michael D. Langone)
Reviewer: Cyndi Matthews.................................................................................................................. 79
Abstracts (Translations) .....................................................................................................................83
Employing Trafficking Laws to Capture Elusive Leaders of Destructive Cults
Robin Boyle Laisure ................................................................................................................................1
From Deprogramming to Deradicalization: How Cultic Studies Offers Insights
for Subject-Diversion Programs and Suggests Pathways for Complaint About
Religious and Ideologically Motivated Abuse in Australia
Stephen B. Mutch ....................................................................................................................................31
Is Psychological Distress Among Former Cult Members Related to
Psychological Abuse in the Cult?
Maria Göransson and Rolf Holmqvist .............................................................................................43
The Gentle Wind Project: Quasi-Religion and Alternative Health
Kayla Swanson ..........................................................................................................................................55
Book and Film Reviews
Born and Raised in a [Sect]: You Are Not Alone (Lois Kendall)
Reviewer: Gillie Jenkinson ...................................................................................................................70
Deprogrammed (Writer/Director: Mia Donovan)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart .................................................................................................................73
Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy
(Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine, Editors)
Reviewer: Sarah Lonelodge ................................................................................................................76
Cult Recovery: A Clinician’s Guide to Working With Former Members and
Family (Editors: Lorna Goldberg, William Goldberg, Rosanne Henry, and
Michael D. Langone)
Reviewer: Cyndi Matthews.................................................................................................................. 79
Abstracts (Translations) .....................................................................................................................83
