State of Israel, The Ministry of Welfare and Social Services, Official Translation of It's Report, "An Examination of the Phenomenon of Cults in Israel"

"Our overall conclusion is that CTI does not have the characteristics of a training services company, but does have the characteristics of a multi-level-marketing (MLM) organization: coaches are trained to recruit coaches who are trained to recruit more coaches, and so on.":
CTI Benchmark Analysis - October 20, 2011

"USM deviates significantly from the benchmark criteria of PUC and Lesley. The number and significance of these deviations leads us to postulate that USM is neither a university nor a college in the generally accepted definitions of the terms, but rather a training organization for USM’s views and beliefs and how they manifest themselves in the post-USM careers of USM graduates." : University of Santa Monica Benchmark Analysis - January 10, 2012

Robert Jay Lifton interviewed by Steve Hassan July 13th 2011

Loyalty to Your Soul by Ronald and Mary Hulnick - A critical analysis by David Christopher Lane
Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, Mt. San Antonio College and Lecturer in Religious Studies, CSULB

When Does a Religion Become a Cult? By Mitch Horowitz Wall Street Journal

Spotting Teens Into Cults

Cult expert Steve Hassan on Montel

Judge denies Amway arbitration

Steve Hassan - Wikipedia

Steve on Apologetics Index

Steve Hassan Discusses Faith Based Initiative Funds for Cults with Bill O'Reilley