What is the grooming process?

Grooming is a subtle, gradual, and escalating process of building trust with children and adults to gain access to and time alone with the children. It is deliberate and purposeful.

Grooming is a process offenders use to abuse and exploit children. It can happen online and in person. Learning more about grooming can help you spots signs

Grooming is a gradual, calculated process by which the offender draws a victim into a relationship and maintains that relationship in secrecy. The grooming

If you or a loved one has been a victim of sexual grooming that led to an assault, the child to touch is the next step in the grooming process.

Child Sexual Abuse: 6 Stages of Grooming Grooming is the process by which an offender draws a victim into a sexual relationship and

Young people are often 'groomed' before they are sexually abused. The grooming process may continue for months before the offender