Epstein Secrets

hrough a grooming process in which a combination of kindness, attention, material enticement, special privilege, and coercion am expertly applied." Conte footnoted this process description to a 1979 book written by Nicholas Groth. In his 1979 book, however, Groth clearly described what has become kno

not specially use the term grooming to name it. Therefore, it appears Groth provided the first published description of a grooming process although Conte provided the first published naming of the process as grooming (Conte, 1984, p. 558: Groth & Birnbaum. 1979). Today this technique is mom commonly

e, and coercion am expertly applied." Conte footnoted this process description to a 1979 book written by Nicholas Groth. In his 1979 book, however, Groth clearly described what has become known as the grooming process but he did not specially use the term grooming to name it. Therefore, it appears Gr

l literature from 1850 through 1983. The first publication identified by Google Scholar as using the tern, "grooming" in this way was an article by Conte (1984) cit- ing Groth and Birnbaum (1979) for the proposition that "PIM most cases, except those involving abuse by a stranger, the perpetrator invo

0 through 1983. The first publication identified by Google Scholar as using the tern, "grooming" in this way was an article by Conte (1984) cit- ing Groth and Birnbaum (1979) for the proposition that "PIM most cases, except those involving abuse by a stranger, the perpetrator involves children in sexu

liott, Browne, and 3502-034 Page 3 of 13 EFIA_00001687 EFTA00157028 G. M. WINTERS ET AL. Kilcoyne 1995) and victims of CSA (e.g., Berliner and Conte 1990). While these reviews and empirical studies provide vital information, there is still great variation within the field on how to define the se

e examined the use of sexual grooming tactics found these were used by approximately 30-45% of child sexual abusers (Canter, Hughes, and Kirby 1998; Groth and Birnbaum, 1978). The goals of sexual grooming are to gain initial cooperation by the victim, decrease the likelihood of discovery, and increase

welcome in the child's home and 18% offered incentives or threatened their victims to recruit other children and then gave bribes to the recruits. Conte, Wolf, and Smith (1989) interviewed 26 offenders about their crimes. They found that offenders often admitted to being able to iden- tify what they

s wants to disguise what he is setting out to accomplish. In addition, it must be recognized that not all sexual offenders use grooming techniques. Groth, Hobson, and Gary (1982) differentiated between "child molesters" and "child rapists." Part of this distinction for these authors stems from their