Sep 3, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
In this episode of 'One in Ten,' Host Teresa Huizar interviews McGill University doctoral candidate Kayla Schick about grooming and how post-abuse maintenance tactics contribute to delayed disclosure…
Kayla SchickGuest
Teresa HuizarHost
In some ways, more and more abuse is being discovered as opposed to being disclosed.
And so in some ways, that may not be a bad thing in that, as we know, kids often do delay disclosure.
They often, because of shame and stigma and lots of other things that we've talked about on this podcast before, they may not come forward right away.
So, you know, the scourge of child sexual abuse images and other kinds of things, are terrible.
But on the other hand, some cases probably come to light for which kids would otherwise wait a very long time, if ever, to disclose.
And I wonder how you sort of think about the way in which the online environment is continuing to shape or change or modify what we understand about grooming.
And I think that's an important distinction in this case as well, because we only looked at the in-person grooming strategies.
And we see that when you have the online component, it is more likely to be detected without a disclosure because you have that record and that those images that are being actively sought for by police and things like this for the purpose of detecting abuse.
And we're starting to get an understanding of what it looks like in that setting and how that can maybe translate into in-person as well in terms of the phases that they're going through and the strategies that they're using.
There's some research to show that people believe grooming to be a higher risk in online settings than in-person settings.
But I think it's definitely an area that needs to be explored a little bit more in terms of differences with disclosure and detection online.
I think the factors at play are different between online and in-person, and there's an important nuance there that needs to be explored further.
In some ways, more and more abuse is being discovered as opposed to being disclosed.
And so in some ways, that may not be a bad thing in that, as we know, kids often do delay disclosure.
They often, because of shame and stigma and lots of other things that we've talked about on this podcast before, they may not come forward right away.
So, you know, the scourge of child sexual abuse images and other kinds of things, are terrible.
But on the other hand, some cases probably come to light for which kids would otherwise wait a very long time, if ever, to disclose.
And I wonder how you sort of think about the way in which the online environment is continuing to shape or change or modify what we understand about grooming.
And I think that's an important distinction in this case as well, because we only looked at the in-person grooming strategies.
And we see that when you have the online component, it is more likely to be detected without a disclosure because you have that record and that those images that are being actively sought for by police and things like this for the purpose of detecting abuse.
And we're starting to get an understanding of what it looks like in that setting and how that can maybe translate into in-person as well in terms of the phases that they're going through and the strategies that they're using.
There's some research to show that people believe grooming to be a higher risk in online settings than in-person settings.
But I think it's definitely an area that needs to be explored a little bit more in terms of differences with disclosure and detection online.
I think the factors at play are different between online and in-person, and there's an important nuance there that needs to be explored further.
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