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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) featuring the cross-examination of Dr. Rocchio. The testimony focuses on the definition of 'grooming' in abuse cases, with Dr. Rocchio clarifying that grooming is not a single specific behavior but a 'series and a pattern of behavior' used to deceive a child and build trust for abuse. The questioning attorney attempts to establish that individual behaviors within that pattern can appear benign or non-grooming in isolation.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Dr. Rocchio | Witness / Expert |
Testifying under cross-examination regarding clinical/forensic definitions of grooming tactics.
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| Unidentified Attorney (Q) | Attorney |
Conducting cross-examination, questioning the definition and identification of grooming behaviors.
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| Judge (implied) | Judge |
Speaker of line 2: 'Overruled. You may finish.'
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice, indicated by the Bates stamp prefix 'DOJ-OGR'.
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Implied by court reporter location and case number structure (PAE refers to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, SDNY).
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"grooming is not a specific behavior. It's a series and a pattern of behavior that's taking into account the entire pattern."Source
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"strategies that are commonly experienced by victims and utilized by offenders in the course of deceiving the child building a relationship of trust and then eventually sexually abusing the child."Source
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"And so there are many things that we do that in hindsight one might say is grooming, but prospectively you can't tell whether or not it's grooming, right?"Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 747 Filed 08/10/22 Page 91 of 228 767
LC2Qmax3 Rocchio - Cross
LC2Qmax3 Rocchio - Cross
1 question.
2 Overruled. You may finish.
3 A. No, it's not an assumption, because a lot of the research
4 that I'm talking about and much of my experience in both
5 clinical and forensic settings has been conducted when the
6 abuse is actually known or have been found in a court of law to
7 have occurred or the event offender has admitted to the
8 behavior.
9 Q. You offered some opinions about grooming, Dr. Rocchio. I
10 think you referred to grooming as a series of tactics and
11 strategies that are commonly experienced by victims and
12 utilized by offenders in the course of deceiving the child
13 building a relationship of trust and then eventually sexually
14 abusing the child. Is that correct?
15 A. Yeah, that's a summary of what I said. Sure, yes.
16 Q. And these behaviors that you're referring to as grooming
17 behaviors can also be non-grooming behaviors as well, correct?
18 A. Some of them can, yes.
19 Q. And so there are many things that we do that in hindsight
20 one might say is grooming, but prospectively you can't tell
21 whether or not it's grooming, right?
22 A. It would be important though to -- grooming is not a
23 specific behavior. It's a series and a pattern of behavior
24 that's taking into account the entire pattern. So it wouldn't
25 be just a specific individual behavior.
2 Overruled. You may finish.
3 A. No, it's not an assumption, because a lot of the research
4 that I'm talking about and much of my experience in both
5 clinical and forensic settings has been conducted when the
6 abuse is actually known or have been found in a court of law to
7 have occurred or the event offender has admitted to the
8 behavior.
9 Q. You offered some opinions about grooming, Dr. Rocchio. I
10 think you referred to grooming as a series of tactics and
11 strategies that are commonly experienced by victims and
12 utilized by offenders in the course of deceiving the child
13 building a relationship of trust and then eventually sexually
14 abusing the child. Is that correct?
15 A. Yeah, that's a summary of what I said. Sure, yes.
16 Q. And these behaviors that you're referring to as grooming
17 behaviors can also be non-grooming behaviors as well, correct?
18 A. Some of them can, yes.
19 Q. And so there are many things that we do that in hindsight
20 one might say is grooming, but prospectively you can't tell
21 whether or not it's grooming, right?
22 A. It would be important though to -- grooming is not a
23 specific behavior. It's a series and a pattern of behavior
24 that's taking into account the entire pattern. So it wouldn't
25 be just a specific individual behavior.
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