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Cultic Studies Journal
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Task Force Study of Ritual
Crime
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Psychological
Manipulation and Society: cults, cult groups, new religious movements
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Cultic
Studies Journal
Psychological Manipulation and Society
Vol. 8, No. 2, 1991
Task
Force Study of Ritual Crime
- Michael P. Maddox
Virginia State Crime Commission
Abstract
The very general and amorphous overtones that discussions of cults frequently assume
present a particularly perplexing problem for the criminal justice field. Because these
discussions are typically pervaded by extreme emotion, a rational response to allegations
of cult, or ritual, crime becomes difficult. This predicament is exacerbated by the
ignorance surrounding the occult.
While attempting to be sensitive to the diverse viewpoints on ritual crime,
this report offers an empirical basis for evaluating the level of such activity, as well
as an objective attempt to clarify some of the conflicting issues inherent in claims of
this nature.
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