Groombridge Sports Criminology

A Critical Criminology of Sport and Games
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2319-8
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Reihe: New Horizons in Criminology

This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. It draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology. Written from an international perspective, it covers topics including sports scandals and the possibility of crime prevention through sport. American football, boxing, soccer and sumo are all examined.

The book considers both sports law and the sociology of sport and will be essential reading for students and academics in these fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Groombridge, Nic

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: just men fighting?;

A criminological history of sport;

Celebrity and corruption: case studies of sports scandals;

Game of two halves: mainstream criminological theory and sport;

The second half: critical criminological theory and sport;

Red card: sport, justice and social control;

Retraining: crime prevention and desistance through sport;

Conclusion: no such thing as crime, no such thing as sport.

Über Autor(innen)

Groombridge, Nic
Nic Groombridge is a Senior Lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham and researches on media, gender, masculinities, CCTV, Car Crime, Surveillance, criminal justice policy and politics, virtual criminology and video games, green criminology, queer criminology, cultural criminology and sport. He has published widely on these topics and is regularly invited to comment in the media. Nic also writes a blog: http://publiccriminology.weebly.com/index.html and a sports criminology one: http://sportscriminology.blogspot.co.uk/. He tweets as @criminology4u. A one-time rugby union player he now mostly jogs but has participated in a wide variety of sports.

Nic Groombridge is a Senior Lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham and researches on media, gender, masculinities, CCTV, car crime, surveillance, criminal justice policy and politics, virtual criminology and video games, green criminology, queer criminology, cultural criminology and sport. He has published widely on these topics and is regularly invited to comment in the media. Nic also writes a blog: http://publiccriminology.weebly.com/index.html and a sports criminology one: http://sportscriminology.blogspot.co.uk/. He tweets as @criminology4u. A one-time rugby union player, he now mostly jogs but has participated in a wide variety of sports.