s of stages that the child molester progresses through as they groom the victim for the impending sexual abuse (Canning 2010; Leclerc, Prouty.. and Beauregard 2009; McAlinden 2006). It must be noted that, to date, there has yet to be a validated model of sexual grooming. It has been argued that it is diffi

sexual grooming proposed (i.e., Berliner and Conte 1990; Craven, Brown, and Gilchrist 2007; Harms and Dam 1992; Lanning 2010; Leclerc, Proulx, and Beauregard 2009; McAlinden 2006; Olson et al. 2007; Sgroi 1982; Van Dam 2001), most focusing on male offenders, there were none that were validated until recen

stent with the modus operandi temporal framework provided by Kaufman, Hilliker, and Daleiden (1996). Somewhat influenced by Cornislis work (1998), Beauregard, Proulx, Rossmo, Leclerc, and Allaire (2009) conducted a study on serial sex offenders to identify particular crime-commission scripts with this p