state the intended goal of the sexual grooming behaviors is to enact sexual abuse (e.g., Brackenridge 2001; Howitt 1995; Leberg 1997; Salter 1995; Spiegel 2003). Similarly, some definitions stated grooming facilitates "abusive* activities or situations (e.g., Craven, Brown, and Gilchrist 2006; Gallagher 199

al agreement that sexual grooming is a "process" (Brackenridge, 1999; Craven, Brown, and Gilchrist 2006; Gillespie 2002; Knoll 2010; McAlinden 2007; Spiegel 2003), which refers to "a systematic series of actions directed to some end" (Dictionary.com n.d.). Designating sexual grooming as a process accurately