Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1991, Page 80
Figure 2
Ritual crimes against persons
Figure 2
Ritual crimes against persons
Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1991, Page 81
Figure 3
Other ritual crimes
Questionnaires were also distributed to juvenile detention facilities and to local and regional
social service departments. Responses from juvenile detention centers invariably indicated the
lack of any significant activity. The survey of social service departments, while requesting
information about the level of activity, was focused primarily upon the response taken and
suggestions about means of addressing ritual crime, eliciting written responses not
susceptible to quantification. Consequently responses from these surveys were not compiled
for numerical analysis.
Many of the respondents to the social services questionnaire indicated that they had
encountered youth expressing some interest in the occult. However, most of these
respondents stated that only one or two such cases had come to their attention. Furthermore
they suggested that frequently this interest was not associated with ritual crime. When such
an association was alleged, animal mutilation was often cited and physical assault of persons
was occasionally reported.
Figure 3
Other ritual crimes
Questionnaires were also distributed to juvenile detention facilities and to local and regional
social service departments. Responses from juvenile detention centers invariably indicated the
lack of any significant activity. The survey of social service departments, while requesting
information about the level of activity, was focused primarily upon the response taken and
suggestions about means of addressing ritual crime, eliciting written responses not
susceptible to quantification. Consequently responses from these surveys were not compiled
for numerical analysis.
Many of the respondents to the social services questionnaire indicated that they had
encountered youth expressing some interest in the occult. However, most of these
respondents stated that only one or two such cases had come to their attention. Furthermore
they suggested that frequently this interest was not associated with ritual crime. When such
an association was alleged, animal mutilation was often cited and physical assault of persons
was occasionally reported.
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