Sports Criminology
A Critical Criminology of Sport and Games
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Policy Press
Published:6th Sep '17
Should be back in stock very soon

This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. Part of the New Horizons in Criminology series, it draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology.
"The book does a fantastic job of introducing readers to sports criminology and offers a starting point for those interested in critical criminology of sport." Human Enhancement Drugs
“A thought-provoking book, although one driven by suspense…Groombridge has thrown out the first pitch. It is now up to us. Batter up.” Critical Criminology
“A timely and much needed overview and consideration of Sports Criminology, which will help define this emerging field and become an essential resource for a wide range of scholars and students” Garry Crawford, University of Salford
“Groombridge’s fluency with methodology across the social sciences and his choice selection of case studies leavened with engaging revelations of his own sporting life, make this focussed scholarship an entertaining and thoroughly recommended read.” Pat Kane, author of The Play Ethic, writer and musician
ISBN: 9781447323167
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204 pages