Investigations of child abuse/neglect allegations in religious cults: A case study in Vermont

Malcarne, Vanessa L.; Burchard, John D.

doi:10.1002/bsl.2370100108

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“…The difficulties of investigating allegations of child abuse are exacerbated by the lack of cooperation by cult members; lack of access to the cult group or the children by noncult members including teachers, therapists, and physicians; and different perceptions of what constitutes child abuse by state authorities and cult members (Malcarne & Burchard, 1992). When a state investigation is possible, endangered children may be removed and placed in the custody of the state.…”

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The Cult Phenomenon: A Turn of the Century Update

Schwartz

Kaslow

2001

The American Journal of Family Therapy

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Section: Changes In Cult Activitiesmentioning

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The Cult Phenomenon: A Turn of the Century Update

Schwartz

Kaslow

2001

The American Journal of Family Therapy

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“…Bottoms et al . () established that 43% of such cases involved Fundamentalist groups, such as isolationist cults (Malcarne & Burchard, ). Thirty‐eight percent involved other kinds of Protestant, and 16% involved Catholics (stereotypically known for exorcisms).…”

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Religion‐Related Child Maltreatment: A Profile of Cases Encountered by Legal and Social Service Agencies

Bottoms

Goodman

Tolou‐Shams

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Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Religion can foster, facilitate, and be used to justify child maltreatment. Yet religion-related child abuse and neglect have received little attention from social scientists. We examined 249 cases of religion-related child maltreatment reported to social service agencies, police departments, and prosecutors' offices nationwide. We focused on cases involving maltreatment perpetrated by persons with religious authority, such as ministers and priests; the withholding of medical care for religious reasons; and abusive attempts to rid a child of supposed evil. By providing a descriptive statistical profile of the major features of these cases, we illustrate how these varieties of religion-related child maltreatment occur, who the victims and perpetrators are, and how religion-related child abuse and neglect are reported and processed by the social service and criminal justice systems. We end with a call for greater research attention to these important offenses against children.

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The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities, the Anti-Cult Movement, and Governmental Response

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2004

Regulating Religion

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Investigations of child abuse/neglect allegations in religious cults: A case study in Vermont

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

The Cult Phenomenon: A Turn of the Century Update

The Cult Phenomenon: A Turn of the Century Update

Religion‐Related Child Maltreatment: A Profile of Cases Encountered by Legal and Social Service Agencies

The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities, the Anti-Cult Movement, and Governmental Response

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