Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan Using the Law to Criminalize Cult Leaders With Robin Boyle-Laisure
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Dec 16, 2024 Robin Boyle-Laisure, a law professor and trafficking-law expert, outlines legal strategies to hold coercive leaders accountable. She discusses linking human trafficking statutes to cult coercion, high-profile prosecutions that changed legal approaches, online grooming and data-driven recruitment, and practical tools for parents and lawyers to detect and respond to coercive control.
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Trafficking Law Parallels Cult Abuse
- Human trafficking laws map closely to cult behaviors and provide a practical prosecution framework.
- Robin Boyle-Laisure lists parallels: coercion, isolation, fraudulent recruitment, labor/sexual profit motives, shaming, and threats used by both traffickers and cult leaders.
Prepare Kids To Navigate The World Not Avoid It
- Teach children practical navigation skills instead of overprotecting them by avoidance.
- Boyle-Laisure wrote Taken No More to equip parents to teach travel safety, critical thinking, and confidence rather than restricting experiences like college.
Teen Groomed Through Gaming Nearly Abducted
- Boyle-Laisure opens her book with a vignette about a teenage boy groomed online and abducted after being targeted via gaming contacts.
- Parents found him within 48 hours because they were vigilant and contacted authorities immediately.
