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This document is a court transcript from a legal case (1:20-cr-00330-PAE), filed on January 15, 2025. It captures the direct examination of a witness named Rocchio, who refutes the suggestion that the targeting of vulnerable children for sexual abuse is merely 'clinical lore'. Rocchio asserts that this phenomenon is substantiated by multiple data sources beyond clinical observation, including prevalence data and studies of offenders.
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| Rocchio | Witness |
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
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The document is a transcript of a formal question-and-answer session (direct examination) between a questioner (likely an attorney) and a witness (Rocchio) in a legal proceeding.
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"I believe that's a false statement."Source
— Rocchio
(In response to the questioner's proposition that the targeting of vulnerable children for sexual abuse is 'clinical lore' and not based on empirical data.)
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"So there are multiple data sources that exist in addition to clinical experience that can substantiate this phenomenon."Source
— Rocchio
(Concluding the explanation of why the initial proposition is false, citing sources like prevalence data and interviews with offenders.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 69 of 158 69
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1 individuals with particular vulnerabilities are often targeted
2 by sexual abuse is a commonly accepted bit of clinical lore
3 derived from the frequent observation of highly vulnerable
4 children among those children who allege sexual abuse, but it
5 is not based on empirical data regarding the likelihood of
6 abuse among children with varying degrees of vulnerability.
7 What's your response to that?
8 A. I believe that's a false statement.
9 Q. Can you explain.
10 A. As I just indicated, there are a variety of ways that we
11 can look at whether or not individuals with particular
12 vulnerabilities are targeted and/or at higher risk for being
13 sexually abused. We can look at the prevalence data, the rates
14 in which these behaviors occur. You can look at both
15 allegations as well as crimes that are reported. You can look
16 at what offenders tell us. There has been extensive
17 interviewing that's been done and studies that have been done
18 with offenders about what they look for. And, again, this
19 would not just be offenders of childhood sexual abuse but, you
20 know, there have been studies done with pimps, for example, on
21 what they look for. So in a variety of forms of victimization.
22 So there are multiple data sources that exist in
23 addition to clinical experience that can substantiate this
24 phenomenon.
25 Q. How does what you've observed in your review of the
2 by sexual abuse is a commonly accepted bit of clinical lore
3 derived from the frequent observation of highly vulnerable
4 children among those children who allege sexual abuse, but it
5 is not based on empirical data regarding the likelihood of
6 abuse among children with varying degrees of vulnerability.
7 What's your response to that?
8 A. I believe that's a false statement.
9 Q. Can you explain.
10 A. As I just indicated, there are a variety of ways that we
11 can look at whether or not individuals with particular
12 vulnerabilities are targeted and/or at higher risk for being
13 sexually abused. We can look at the prevalence data, the rates
14 in which these behaviors occur. You can look at both
15 allegations as well as crimes that are reported. You can look
16 at what offenders tell us. There has been extensive
17 interviewing that's been done and studies that have been done
18 with offenders about what they look for. And, again, this
19 would not just be offenders of childhood sexual abuse but, you
20 know, there have been studies done with pimps, for example, on
21 what they look for. So in a variety of forms of victimization.
22 So there are multiple data sources that exist in
23 addition to clinical experience that can substantiate this
24 phenomenon.
25 Q. How does what you've observed in your review of the
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