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Bennett
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Winters
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This document is a court transcript from January 15, 2025, detailing the cross-examination of a witness named Rocchio. An attorney questions Rocchio about the scientific validity and testing of a sexual grooming model (SGM), referencing the model's authors' calls for more rigorous testing. The attorney also brings up an article by Bennett and O'Donohue to suggest a lack of scientific consensus on the definition of grooming.
This document is a page from a court transcript dated January 15, 2025, detailing the direct examination of a Dr. Rocchio. Dr. Rocchio discusses academic literature concerning 'grooming models,' referencing articles by Winters, Bennett, and O'Donohue. He explains that Winters' study attempted to statistically validate behaviors agreed upon by experts and begins to define 'error rates' in psychology using the analogy of a clinical drug trial.
This legal document, page 16 of a filing from October 29, 2021, argues that the proposed expert testimony and 'grooming opinions' of an individual named Roccio should be deemed inadmissible. The author contends that Roccio's testimony is substantially more prejudicial than probative under Rule 403, fails to meet the Daubert standard for scientific reliability, and oversimplifies complex issues, thereby risking misleading the jury. The argument is supported by citations from several court cases, including United States v. Burns and Gonyer, which criticize similar 'grooming theories'.
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