Volume 2, 2021

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Book review of Scarred: The true story of how I escaped NXIVM the cult that bound my life

United States
  • Staying safe: Observing warning signs of a dangerous liaison. Boyle-Laisure, R., & Laisure, A. (2017). ICSA Today.
  • Employing trafficking laws to capture elusive leaders of destructive cults. Boyle-Laisure, R. (2016). Oregon Review of International Law, 18, 147–178.
  • Current status of federal law concerning violent crimes against women and children: Implications for cult victims. Boyle-Laisure, R. (2002). Cultic Studies Review, 1(3), 281–302.
  • How children in cults may use emancipation laws to free themselves. Boyle-Laisure, R. (1999). Cultic Studies Journal, 16(1), 45–63.
  • Women, the law, and cults: Three avenues of legal recourse—New rape laws, Violence Against Women Act, and anti-stalking laws. Boyle-Laisure, R. (1998). Cultic Studies Journal, 15(2), 133–150.
Published Date
November 10, 2021
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.54208/0002/007

Abstract

Reviewer: Robin Boyle-Laisure

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Prism. 2019. ISBN-10: 1452184267; ISBN-13: 978-1452184265 (hardcover). 243 pages. $5.10 (Amazon.com).

This book review examines Scarred, Sarah Edmondson’s firsthand account of NXIVM, analysing coercive control, recruitment tactics, psychological manipulation, and the long-term personal consequences of life inside a high-control group.

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