{ "document_metadata": { "page_number": "30", "document_number": "782", "date": "01/15/25", "document_type": "court document", "has_handwriting": false, "has_stamps": false }, "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 30 of 158 30 LBAGmax2 Rocchio - Direct\n\n1 familiar with the term grooming?\n\n2 A. I am.\n\n3 Q. What is grooming?\n\n4 A. Grooming is a term that is used in the professional\n5 literature and in the field to refer to a series of tactics and\n6 strategies that are commonly experienced by victims and\n7 utilized by offenders in the course of deceiving the child,\n8 building a relationship of trust, and then eventually sexually\n9 abusing the child.\n\n10 Q. Can you please describe specific grooming strategies?\n\n11 A. So various researchers have identified grooming strategies\n12 involving a series of tactics that typically fit into several\n13 stages. They typically involve strategies to identify a\n14 victim, strategies to have access and to isolate the victim.\n\n15 So for example, many offenders put themselves purposefully in\n16 situations where they're going to have a great deal of access,\n17 whether that's a boy scout troop or a school setting or that\n18 type of thing, a coach. And then there are various coercive\n19 and manipulative strategies that are utilized to develop a\n20 relationship of trust, prosocial behaviors, things that might\n21 be gift giving or letting the child know how special they are,\n22 showering the child with affection. There's been some\n23 comparison in the literature, a significant amount of\n24 comparison to strategies that are basically akin to what two\n25 adults might do in a courtship process. But basically the\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300\n\nDOJ-OGR-00014906", "text_blocks": [ { "type": "printed", "content": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 30 of 158 30 LBAGmax2 Rocchio - Direct", "position": "header" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "1 familiar with the term grooming?\n\n2 A. I am.\n\n3 Q. What is grooming?\n\n4 A. Grooming is a term that is used in the professional\n5 literature and in the field to refer to a series of tactics and\n6 strategies that are commonly experienced by victims and\n7 utilized by offenders in the course of deceiving the child,\n8 building a relationship of trust, and then eventually sexually\n9 abusing the child.\n\n10 Q. Can you please describe specific grooming strategies?\n\n11 A. So various researchers have identified grooming strategies\n12 involving a series of tactics that typically fit into several\n13 stages. They typically involve strategies to identify a\n14 victim, strategies to have access and to isolate the victim.\n\n15 So for example, many offenders put themselves purposefully in\n16 situations where they're going to have a great deal of access,\n17 whether that's a boy scout troop or a school setting or that\n18 type of thing, a coach. And then there are various coercive\n19 and manipulative strategies that are utilized to develop a\n20 relationship of trust, prosocial behaviors, things that might\n21 be gift giving or letting the child know how special they are,\n22 showering the child with affection. There's been some\n23 comparison in the literature, a significant amount of\n24 comparison to strategies that are basically akin to what two\n25 adults might do in a courtship process. But basically the", "position": "main content" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300", "position": "footer" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "DOJ-OGR-00014906", "position": "footer" } ], "entities": { "people": [], "organizations": [ "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.", "Boy Scout" ], "locations": [], "dates": [ "01/15/25" ], "reference_numbers": [ "1:20-cr-00330-PAE", "782", "DOJ-OGR-00014906" ] }, "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a court transcript. The content discusses the concept of grooming in the context of child abuse." }