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acquaintance offenders came increased realization that some of them would gravitate to the target rich environment of youth-serving organizations (Lanning & Dietz. 2014). A few insightful professionals had recognized the problem of acquaintance child molesters even earlier. Although not using the term the 193

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rooming are to gain initial coopera- tion of the victim, decrease the likelihood of discovery, and increase the likelihood of future sexual contact (Lanning & Dietz, 2014). These pre- offense behaviors are thought to be a deliberate process that is highly complex and nuanced, with behaviors often mirroring norma

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enders in doing so makes it all the more difficult for observers to overcome the false belief that such a "nice guy" could not be harming children (Lanning & Dietz, 2014). Lanning (2018) points to some of the ways in which the term "grooming" has been misapplied (e.g., to refer to the use of "lures" in strange