Below is a very brief list of some of the literature—books only--that have been helpful to us in the development of our understanding and perspective about the organized family/group crime of ritual abuse-torture:

1. Amnesty International.  (2000).  Hidden scandal, secret shame: Torture and ill-treatment of children.  London, UK.
2. Amnesty International.  (1995).  Childhood stolen: Grave human rights violations against children.  London: Amnesty International British Section.
3. Amnesty International Medical Commission, & Marange, V.  (1989).  Doctors and torture: Collaboration or resistance?  Paris: Editions La Découverte.
4. Ascione, F. , & Arkow, P.  (1999).  Child abuse, domestic violence, and animal abuse: Linking the circles of compassion for prevention and intervention.  West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
5. Askenasy, H.  (1994).  Cannibalism from sacrifice to survival.  New York: Prometheus Books.
6. Banks, A.  (2001).  Post-traumatic stress disorder Relationships & brain chemistry.  Wellesley, MA: Stone Centre Publications, phone 781-283-2510 or fax 781-283-2504.
7. Bass, E. , & Davis, L.  (1988).  The courage to heal A guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse.  New York: HarperPerennial.
8. Brownmiller, S.  (1975).  Against our will Men, women and rape.  New York: Bantam Books.
9. Butler, S.  (1985).  Conspiracy of Silence: The trauma of Incest.  Volcana: Volcano Press.
10. Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women.  (1993).  Changing the landscape: Ending violence ~ Achieving equality (ISBN # 0-660-15144-8). Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada.
11. Centre for Human Rights, (1985).  Outlawing an ancient evil: Torture Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.  New York:  United Nations.
12. Chamberlain, D.  (1988).  Babies remember birth.  New York: Ballantine Books.
13. Elliott, M.  (1993).  Female sexual abuse of children.  New York: The Guilford Press.
14. Frankl, V.  (1959).  From death-camp to existentialism.  Boston: Beacon Press.
15. Frankl, V.  (1984).  Man’s search for meaning.  Boston: Beacon Press.
16. Hachey, J.M.  (1998).  The Canadian guide to working and living overseas (3^rd ed.) (pp. 31-36).  North York: University of Toronto Press.
17. Hassan, S.  (1990).  Combatting cult mind control.  Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.
18. Hayden, T.  (1991).  Ghost girl: The true story of a child in peril and the teacher who saved her.  New York: Avon Books.
19. Herman, J.  (1992).  Trauma and recovery.  New York: BasicBooks.
20. Hogg, G.  (1980).  Cannibalism & human sacrifice.  Buffalo: Coles.
21. Holt, S.  (1964).  Terror in the name of God (pp.159-165). Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.
22. Innes, B.  (1998).  The history of torture.  New York: St. Martin’s Press.
23. Lifton, J. R.  (1986).  The Nazi doctors.  USA: Basic Books.
24. The Los  Angeles County Commission for Women  (1994).  Ritual abuse definitions, glossary, the use of mind control.
25. Marron, K.  (1988).  Ritual abuse:  Canada’s most infamous trial on child abuse.  Toronto: Seal Books.
26. Miller, A.  (1990).  Banished knowledge.  New York: Doubleday.
27. Miller, A.  (1989).  For your own good: Hidden cruelty in child-rearing and the roots of violence.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
28. Miller, A.  (1986).  Thou shalt not be aware:  Society’s betrayal of the child.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
29. Miller, J. B.  (1986).  Towards a new psychology of women.  Boston: Beacon Press.
30. Noblitt, J. , & Perskin, S.  (2000).  Cult and ritual abuse: Its history, anthropology, and recent discovery in contemporary America (rev. ed.).  Westport, CT: Praeger.
31. Oickle, V.  (1993).  Jane Hurshman-Corkum: Life and death after Billy.  Halifax: Nimbus. 
32. Oksana, C.  (1994).  Safe passage to healing A guide for survivors of ritual abuse.  New York: HarperPerennial.
33. Penfold, S.  (1998).  Sexual abuse by health professionals: A personal search for meaning and healing.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
34. Sakheim, D. , & Devine, S.  (1992).  Out of darkness Exploring satanism & ritual abuse.  Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan.
35. Sanday, P.  (1990).  Fraternity gang rape Sex, brotherhood, and privilege on campus.  New York: New York University Press.
36. Satir, V.  (1976).  Making contact.  Berkeley: Celestial Arts.
37. Schacter, D.  (1996).  Searching for memory: The brain, the mind, and the past.  New York: BasicBooks.
38. Scully, D.  (1990).  Understanding sexual violence A study of convicted rapists.  London:  HarperCollinsAcademic.
39. Smith, M.  (1993).  Ritual abuse What it is Why it happens How to help.  New York:  Harper.
40. Sofsky, W.  (1997).  The order of terror: The concentration camp  (W. Templer, Trans.).  NJ:  Princeton University Press.  (Original work published 1993).
41. Spencer, J.  (1997).  Satan’s high priest: A true story.  New York: Pocket Star Books.
42. Staub, E.  (1993).  The roots of evil The origins of genocide and other group violence.  New York: Cambridge University Press.
43. Steed, J.  (1995).  Our little secret: Confronting child sexual abuse in Canada.  Toronto: Vintage Canada.
44. Thomas, G.  (1988).  Journey into madness: Medical torture and the mind controllers.  Toronto: Bantam Press.
45. Ussher, J.  (1991).  Women’s madness: Misogyny or mental illness?  Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press.
46. Vallée, B.  (1986).  Life With Billy.  Toronto: McClelland & Stewart-Bantam.
47. Vallée, B.  (1998).  Life and death with Billy.  Toronto: Seal Books.
48. Weinstein, H.  (1988).  A father, a son and the CIA.  Toronto: James Lorimer & Company.