Sexual Grooming

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Sexual Grooming of Children.- Chapter 2. Models of Child Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 3. Definitions of Child Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 4. Consequences of Child Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 5. Online Child Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 6. Self-Grooming and Sexual Abuse of Children.- Chapter 7. Familial Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 9. Female Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 10. Grooming and Child Sex Trafficking.- Chapter 11. Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 12. Prevention of Sexual Grooming.- Chapter 13. Sex Grooming, Law Enforcement, and the Courts.- Chapter 14. Legislation and Policy for Sexual Grooming Apprehensions.- Chapter 15. Future Directions in Research, Practice, and Policy for Prevention of Sexual Grooming.

Georgia Winters, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology and Counseling at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center. She has been conducting research related to sexual offending and the prevention of sexual violence for a decade. Dr. Winters is one of the foremost experts in sexual grooming behaviors having developed the Sexual Grooming Model of child sexual abusers along with Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic. Dr. Winters has published more than 27 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Moreover, she has conducted clinical evaluations with both victims and offenders of sexual violence during her predoctoral internship at UMass Medical School and postdoctoral training at the University of Virginia. Dr. Winters is the director of a lab at Farleigh Dickinson University targeting prevention of sexual violence.


Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Binghamton University. Dr. Jeglic conducts research on sexual violence prevention and evidence-based public policy and, along with Dr. Georgia Winters, is one of the foremost experts on sexual grooming. She has published more than 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Dr. Jeglic is the co-author/editor of three books: New Frontiers in Offender Treatment: The Translation of Evidence Based Practices to Correctional Settings (Springer, 2018), Sexual Offending: Evidence Based Legislation and Prevention (Springer, 2016), and Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Kids Safe (Skyhorse, 2018).  She is an Associate Editor of the journal Sexual Abuse and is on the editorial board of Psychology, Public Policy and Law. Along with Dr. Cynthia Calkins, she is co-Director of the Sex Offender Research Lab (SORL). She