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Title: | Sport and Crime |
Authors: | Armstrong, G Hodges-Ramon, L |
Keywords: | Deviance;Youth crime;Diversion from offending;Sports programs;Sport philosophy;Violent athletes;Doping;Hooliganism;Corruption;Governing bodies |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Citation: | Oxford Handbooks Online, 2015 |
Abstract: | Sport and crime possess the power to stir emotion and arouse debate; most people have opinions on both. Many believe a relationship exists between the two but as Francis and Braggins contend, the relationship between sport and crime is complex. For some, sport is a bastion of physical prowess and moral virtue; abiding by the rules and playing fair is considered a vehicle to encourage the wayward to veer from potential deviance or to rehabilitate offenders. A surfeit of programs designed to use sport as a method of crime control currently exist. However, sport itself contains many paradoxes and in some cases has become a realm for criminal behavior: corruption, bribery, doping, discrimination, violence, hooliganism, and a host of other undesirable behaviors are all evidenced in the delivery and practice of sport. Thus, the Hydra-headed character of sport makes the correlate between sport and crime a sometimes controversial milieu. |
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URI: | http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935383-e-87 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11644 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.87 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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