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By David Berreby September 2, 2009.
Jaycee Dugard, kidnapped when she was just eleven, was recently found 18 years later. This article discusses why kidnapped children such as Jaycee don’t rebel or run away from their captors. Interestingly, there are many parallels between how kidnappers control and condition their prisoners and how religious cults do it.
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