Sport, Culture and Society, 2nd Edition

 

Chapter 13

Sport, violence and crime

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Is sport more or less violent today than it was in the nineteenth or twentieth century?

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Key terms defined ■ Introduction ■ Violence, sport and the law ■ The Old Firm ■ Shame ■ Violence in North American Ice Hockey ■ Violence in sport and society ■ Deviance, crime and sport ■ Crime prevention through sport and physical activity ■ The Twic Olympics ■ Risk and sexual violence in sport and society ■ London 2012 Olympics crackdown, risk and sex workers ■ States of denial ...