Epstein Secrets

Sexual grooming has been considered by some to be analogous to adult courtship (e.g. Howitt, 1995). In addition, Herman (1981) and Christiansen and Blake (1990) talk about sexually abusive fathers adopting the role of suitor towards their daughter. In the case of intrafamilial abuse, the offender pro

hildren (Conte et al., 1989). These vulnerabilities may be that the children have a poor relationship with their parents, do not have many friends (Berliner & Conte, 1990), or have already been victimized (Leberg, 1997). Alternatively, offenders may target women who were sexually abused as children, because the

rooming Corresponding Stage of Current Model of Grooming Lang and Frenzel (19881 Budin and Johnson (19891 Conte et al. (1989) Christiansen and Blake (19901 Applies to lathy-daughter grooming Berliner and Conte (1990) Elliott et al (19951 Young (1997) Harms and van Dam (1992)Nan Dam (001)

may make the child feel loved, use bribes or inducements, exploit his/her vulnerabilities, engage in peer-like activities, and befriend the child (Berliner & Conte, 1990; Harms & van Dam, 1992; Lederc et al., 2009; Marshall et al., 2015). Additionally, literature has identified that some offenders may provide

Stages of Grooming van Darn (2001) Brackenridge (2001) Applies to grooming in sport. Wyre (1987) as discussed in Flowin (1995) Christiansen and Blake (1990) Applies to father—daughter grooming. O'Connell (2003) Applies to online grooming. I. Identify vulnerable child 2. Engage that child in p

ent forms—physical and psychological. Physical grooming involves the gradual sexualization of the relationship between the offender and the victim (Berliner & Conte, 1990). Psychological grooming is used to achieve this increased sexualization. At first, the offender may justify the sexual behaviour through pro