In recent years, the word “grooming” has become politically charged on social media, often used in ways detached from its ...

The responsibility to prevent child sexual abuse is on adults, so here's how to identify potentially dangerous behaviors and ...

When a 14-year-old girl from Kuala Lumpur was found in Johor after missing for nearly five days, some media reports described the 47-year-old man she was with as her “boyfriend.” He is nearly four ...

The bipartisan bill is backed by women who have experienced grooming and aims to address several loopholes for predators in ...

There has been debate in the media recently as to the definition of grooming. In the research literature, sexual grooming has been defined as the deceptive process by which a would-be abuser, prior to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Marianne Proctor, R-Union, said she wants to stop “any pedophile” from hurting and manipulating children when she filed House ...

The bill would make communications between an adult and a minor with the intent of developing a sexual relationship a crime in the commonwealth. It was presented to an interim committee Thursday.

Just over a week after Gov. Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 677 into law, prosecutors have filed the first criminal case in ...

A Kentucky Republican bill to criminalize the sexual grooming of minors cleared another legislative hurdle Thursday. The ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was accused of grooming a minor in Lafayette County, Miss., after a juvenile made threats of self-harm on social media, according to the sheriff’s department. On Nov. 25, ...