Asking the Gatekeepers: A National Survey of Judges on Judging Expert Evidence in a Post-Daubert World
Drawing on the responses provided by a survey of state court judges (N = 400), empirical evidence is presented with respect to judges' opinions about the Daubert criteria, their utility as…
Religious Conversion and Personality Change
- R. PaloutzianJ. RichardsonL. Rambo
- 1 December 1999
Psychology
The question of whether religious conversion causes changes in someone's personality is examined in light of two bodies of literature—the research on personality change and the research on…
The Sociology of Religious Freedom: A Structural and Socio-Legal Analysis
- J. Richardson
- 1 October 2006
Sociology, Law
This paper offers a structural and socio-legal analysis that examines historical, sociological, and cultural factors that have given rise to and promoted the idea of religious freedom in modern human…
Cult controversies : the societal response to new religious movements
- J. RichardsonJ. Beckford
- 1 March 1987
Sociology
The Active vs. Passive Convert: Paradigm Conflict in Conversion/Recruitment Research
- J. Richardson
- 1 June 1985
Psychology
Conversion/recruitment research has been guided for years by a traditional paradigm assuming a passive subject being converted by external powers over which no control is possible. The traditional…
Definitions of Cult: From Sociological-Technical to Popular-Negative
- J. Richardson
- 1 June 1993
Sociology
This paper examines the theoretical and historical development of the term cult. The usurpation of the term by popular usage associated with strong negative connotations is discussed, along with…
Regulating Religion: Case Studies From Around The Globe
- J. Richardson
- 31 December 2003
Law
The Satanism Scare
- M. GoldmanJ. RichardsonJ. BestD. Bromley
- 31 December 1991
Sociology, Political Science
Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected…
Clinical and Personality Assessment of Participants in New Religions
- J. Richardson
- 1 July 1995
Psychology
This article builds on an earlier effort to review exhaustively the personality and clinical assessment literature about controversial new religions, both in the United States and abroad. The present…
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