Dr. Margaret Singers describes the conditions that create the atmosphere needed to put a thought reform system into place.
Paper by James Richardson discusses the validity of evidence for brainwashing in court cases if checked against certain criteria for evidences from natural sciences.
Read a draft for a code of ethics for spiritual counsellors which minimizes the dangers for thought reform or mind control.
Bob and Gretchen Passantino offer a critical evaluation of mind control from a Christian counter-cult view.
Robert Jay Lifton lists a set of eight psychological criteria against which any environment may be judged as to its totalitarian or mind control degree.
User-friendly format of FAQ on cult mind control from the Usenet group alt.religion.scientology. Links to articles which support arguments of both sides.
Dr. Margaret Singer gives a technical overview of mind control tactics.
Describes the levels of mind control between harmless and destructive that exist within religious groups in a simple and neutral way.
Charlotte Allen describes in this article subtitled 'Scholars of Cults Accuse Each Other of Bad Faith' the mind control debate and the arguments of both sides.
Read the transcript of a radio discussion with an author and theological expert and a former member of a cult-like community. Translated from German.
American counsellors talk about their experiences in rehabilitating former cult members.
Jan Groenveld analyzes the methods cults (religious or non-religious) use to control people.