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Acknowledgements
The author thanks three law students who were particularly helpful in compiling the
research for this article: David Donahue, Krista McManus, and Marta Pulaski. In addition,
special appreciation goes to the following lawyers for their assistance with this article: Paul
Skip Laisure, Esq., for sharing his views as a criminal defense attorney Prof. Samuel
Levine, for sharing his views as a former assistant district attorney Mary R. O‟Donoghue,
Esq., Special Assistant to the United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York,
who provided a box full of useful material and Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President of AFF,
who provided helpful guidance and inspiration.
The author developed this article from her speech delivered at the annual American Family
Foundation conference on May 30, 1997 in Philadelphia, PA.
Robin A. Boyle, J.D., is an assistant legal writing professor at St. John‟s University School
of Law in New York and a lecturer of Women and the Law at Fordham University‟s College of
Liberal Studies, also in New York.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1998, Volume 15,
Number 1, pages 1-32. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Acknowledgements
The author thanks three law students who were particularly helpful in compiling the
research for this article: David Donahue, Krista McManus, and Marta Pulaski. In addition,
special appreciation goes to the following lawyers for their assistance with this article: Paul
Skip Laisure, Esq., for sharing his views as a criminal defense attorney Prof. Samuel
Levine, for sharing his views as a former assistant district attorney Mary R. O‟Donoghue,
Esq., Special Assistant to the United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York,
who provided a box full of useful material and Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President of AFF,
who provided helpful guidance and inspiration.
The author developed this article from her speech delivered at the annual American Family
Foundation conference on May 30, 1997 in Philadelphia, PA.
Robin A. Boyle, J.D., is an assistant legal writing professor at St. John‟s University School
of Law in New York and a lecturer of Women and the Law at Fordham University‟s College of
Liberal Studies, also in New York.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1998, Volume 15,
Number 1, pages 1-32. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
