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Shunning from the Jehovah’s Witness Community: Is It Legal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2023

Windy A. Grendele Open the ORCID record for Windy A. Grendele [Opens in a new window] ,
Maya Flax  and
Savin Bapir-Tardy
Windy A. Grendele*
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Psychology, Regent College London, UK
Maya Flax
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of West London, UK
Savin Bapir-Tardy
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Counseling Psychology, University of Roehampton, UK
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Corresponding author: Windy A. Grendele; Email: windy.grendele@rcl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Drawing on a qualitative study conducted with both individuals who have been shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and those who were in a position to shun others, the authors identify areas of development within the Serious Crime Act 2015 and propose that there is scope to interpret the law broadly to include instances of people shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community.

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disfellowshippingcoercive controlJehovah’s Witnessesfamily-like relationshipsdiscipline

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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , May 2023 , pp. 290 - 313
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University

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