Members usually leave or do not join society's workforce. Average age at the point of recruitment is in the low 20's. Registered as religious groups. Appear to offer association with a group interested in making the world a better place via political, spiritual or other means. Communal living rare.
Members stay in society's workforce.
Average age at the point of recruitment is in the mid 30's. Registered as 'not for profit' groups. Appear to offer association with a group giving courses in some kind of self improvement or self help technique or therapy. If someone becomes an unwitting member of a cult then clearly the suggestion is that the person becomes a victim of psychological coercion. The average cult uses a combination of the majority of the above described techniques, which result in a potential recruit being broken down physically and mentally and made highly vulnerable to suggestion.