International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 9, 2018 iii
Table of 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
Table of 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
