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This book focuses on various cults and their often criminal belief systems, offering advice on how to identify and avoid them.

Table of Contents

Contents1 Cults in Today's Society 12 The Danger of Cults 153 Religious Cults 294 Occult Cults 495 Satanic Cults 576 Millennial Cults 677 New Age Cults 818 UFO Cults 919 Doomsday Cults 10510 Suicide Cults 11311 Other Cults 12112 The Appeal of Cults 12713 Cult Recruitment 13714 Cult Indoctrination 14915 Combating Cults 169Notes 195Bibliography 213Index 227

About the Author

ROBERT L. SNOW has been a police officer with the Indianapolis Police for 34 years and is currently a captain and commander of the Homicide Branch. He is the author of The Militia Threat (1999), and Looking for Carol Beckwith (1999).

Reviews

?[I]nsightful look at cults and their charismatic leaders....Snow handles his material perceptively, drawing sharp conclusions....The book concludes with a lengthy and quite valuable section on the workings of a cult, laying out methods cult leaders might use to ensare "converts" and offering tips on how to avoid becoming indoctrinated....useful for reports and personal research.?-Library Media Connection

?Well written and researched, this book belongs in all public libraries and should be considered in academic libraries where there is an interest in cult history.?-Library Journal

"�I�nsightful look at cults and their charismatic leaders....Snow handles his material perceptively, drawing sharp conclusions....The book concludes with a lengthy and quite valuable section on the workings of a cult, laying out methods cult leaders might use to ensare "converts" and offering tips on how to avoid becoming indoctrinated....useful for reports and personal research."-Library Media Connection

"Well written and researched, this book belongs in all public libraries and should be considered in academic libraries where there is an interest in cult history."-Library Journal

"[I]nsightful look at cults and their charismatic leaders....Snow handles his material perceptively, drawing sharp conclusions....The book concludes with a lengthy and quite valuable section on the workings of a cult, laying out methods cult leaders might use to ensare "converts" and offering tips on how to avoid becoming indoctrinated....useful for reports and personal research."-Library Media Connection