Families and Communities and Sexual Grooming

Winters, Georgia M.; Jeglic, Elizabeth L.

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“…These tactics allow the abuser to more easily manipulate the child into patterns of abuse and create the impression that the child and the perpetrator have a unique bond (Mooney & Ost, 2013). Children may further feel a sense of loyalty to their perpetrator who has used these pre‐abuse tactics to build a relationship with the child—particularly in cases of abuse by a parent where the child's perpetrator also serves as their caregiver (Winters & Jeglic, 2022). As such, grooming is an important step in the victimization process and can explain why a child may have positive feelings towards their abuser.…”

Section: Grooming and The Dynamics Of Abusementioning

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Exploring how attorneys address grooming in criminal trials of child sexual abuse

Denne,

Stolzenberg

2023

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Grooming is a common tactic among perpetrators of child sexual abuse (CSA). It is important that grooming is addressed in court to explain the unintuitive ways a child may act when they have been victims of abuse. The present study draws upon 134 transcripts of CSA criminal trials to establish how attorneys talk about grooming in court. Only 1.8% of attorney's questions addressed grooming behaviors. The majority of these focusing on exposure to pornography (27%) or boundary pushing (19%). Invitations elicited the most productive reports of grooming from children. There was a statistically significant difference in the proportion with which defense and prosecuting attorney's raised grooming issues, with prosecutors raising grooming issues more often than defense attorneys. We suggest that attorneys consider devoting proportionally more time to addressing grooming in court, to help jurors demystify common myths surrounding CSA.

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Section: Grooming and The Dynamics Of Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Children frequently delay disclosure of abuse or fail to disclose (for a review see McElvaney, 2015). Children who delay disclosure may do so due to threats of secrecy, bribery, and gift giving‐‐all examples of grooming (Winters & Jeglic, 2022). These tactics to maintain privacy may be effective.…”

Section: Grooming and The Dynamics Of Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring how attorneys address grooming in criminal trials of child sexual abuse

Denne,

Stolzenberg

2023

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Families and Communities and Sexual Grooming

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Exploring how attorneys address grooming in criminal trials of child sexual abuse

Exploring how attorneys address grooming in criminal trials of child sexual abuse

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