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Término preferido
mass murder and suicides in cults
Definición
- Although mass murders and mass suicides in new religious movements (popularly known as cults) have attracted media publicity, their occurrence is rare in proportion to the overall numbers of present-day religious organizations—at least 2,000 in the United States alone. This entry discusses some religious movements in which mass murders and/or suicides occurred and then assesses the commonalities among them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Mass Murder and Suicides in Cults]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SB3ZVD6T-F
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