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Deviance and Social Control in Sportis also available as an e-book. The e-book is available at a reduced price and allows readers to highlight and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the Human Kinetics site, access to the e-book is immediately granted when the order is received.

The world of sport offers a deep—and often-overlooked—source for the study of deviance and its development and impact on society. Deviance and Social Control in Sport challenges preconceived understandings regarding the relationship of deviance and sport and offers a conceptual framework for future work in a variety of sociological subfields.

Drawing on their cutting-edge research in criminology and deviance in the discipline of sociology, Atkinson and Youngprovide a textured understanding of sport-related deviance through the application of various approaches to deviance in a sport context. Using extended case studies, the authors examine the subject of deviance through examples that are popular (fan violence, hockey enforcers, effect of the media), understudied (sport-related violence against animals, athletes as on-field victims of violence), or emerging (sport security, drugs and weight control, cybernetic athletes, extreme sports). This engaging presentation allows readers to fully understand the effects of sport deviance in society.

Deviance and Social Control in Sportexplains how forms of wanted and unwanted rule violation are produced by and mediated through social contexts in and around sport. As such, it explores

  • • how deviance in sport is culturally constructed and ideologically framed in dynamic and interactive contexts;
  • • the pathways certain athletes follow in becoming deviant and how they learn to associate those behaviors with their core identities; and
  • • the social responses to deviant sporting behaviors, including the role of the media in disseminating images and messages about the behavior in question.

The text begins by presenting the theoretical background necessary for understanding deviance, followed by a look at deviance as an individual issue, how it is defined, and how authorities attempt to control it. The authors make the material accessible to readers by using case studies drawn from their own empirical research. The cases show how sociologists interpret and explain the actions of athletes as well as how deviance is layered by various levels of audience interpretation. Driven by a single theory or a range of integrated theoretical approaches, the case studies encourage readers to engage in differing perspectives about deviance in sport culture. The theories are further examined in each chapter through special elements called Theoretical Intersections, which highlight how the sociology of sport meets the sociology of deviance. Discussion questions and recommended readings synthesize the information and stimulate critical thinking and research to conclude each chapter.

By considering networks of social relationships and how they produce, define, and police rule violation and rule violators, Deviance and Social Control in Sport offers a nuanced and integrated explanation of sport deviance that accounts for the behaviors and practices of both individuals and teams. This interdisciplinary text challenges readers to explore the dimensions and analytic merit of a full spectrum of crime and deviancy theories, thus stimulating a broader discussion of rule breaking in sport.

PartI. Deviant Sport Conventions

 

Chapter 1.The Normal and the Pathological in Sport

The Pathological as Normal

Sport Deviance as Tolerable

Chapter 2. Sport, Deviancy Theory, and Sociological Research

Traditional Strands of Sport Deviancy Theory

How to Research Sport Deviance

Moving Backward and Forward With Theory

Part II. Deviant Sport Communities

Chapter 3. Youth Tribes in Sport

From Resistance Subcultures to Lifestyle Sports

Le Parkour

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 4. Animal Violence in Sport

Animal Sports and Social Justice

Greyhound Racing

Changing Climates for Animal Sports

Theoretical Intersections

Part III. Deviant Athletic Bodies

Chapter 5. Body Pathologies in Sport

EPO in Professional Cycling

Slimming as Self-Violence

Technology and Disappearing Bodies

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 6. Illness Narratives and Sport

Narratives of Wounded Athletes

Meeting Wounded Athletes

Comeback Narratives

Transgression Narratives

Exit Narratives

Theoretical Intersections

Part IV. Mediating Sport Deviance

 

Chapter 7. Criminal Violence in Sport

Rink Rage and Criminal Justice

Managing Hockey Deviance as a Total Institution

Ice Hockey and the Ironies of Social Control

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 8. Terror and Security in Sport

Terrorism and the Olympic Games

Terrorism and the 2002 Salt Lake City Games

Security and Future Games

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 9. Toward a Public Sociology of Sport Deviance

Victimological and Political-Economic Perspectives

Social Development Through Youth Sport

Sport for Reducing Social Problems

Michael Atkinson, PhD, is asenior lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at LoughboroughUniversity in Leicestershire, UK. He has served on the editorial boards of Sociology of Sport Journal and Deviant Behavior Journal. Atkinson is a member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the International Society for the Sociology of Sport.

 

In 2004, Atkinson was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Aurora Award. He resides in Quorn.

 

Kevin Young, PhD, is a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sociology of Sport Journal, Soccer and Society, and Avante. Young has also served on the executive board of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as vice president of the International Sociology of Sport Association. Young is editor of the book series Research in the Sociology of Sport.

Young enjoys all sports, loves the outdoors, and is a passionate supporter of Liverpool Football Club. He resides in Calgary.

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Deviance and Social Control in Sport PDF

$48.00 USD

Deviance and Social Control in Sportis also available as an e-book. The e-book is available at a reduced price and allows readers to highlight and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the Human Kinetics site, access to the e-book is immediately granted when the order is received.

The world of sport offers a deep—and often-overlooked—source for the study of deviance and its development and impact on society. Deviance and Social Control in Sport challenges preconceived understandings regarding the relationship of deviance and sport and offers a conceptual framework for future work in a variety of sociological subfields.

Drawing on their cutting-edge research in criminology and deviance in the discipline of sociology, Atkinson and Youngprovide a textured understanding of sport-related deviance through the application of various approaches to deviance in a sport context. Using extended case studies, the authors examine the subject of deviance through examples that are popular (fan violence, hockey enforcers, effect of the media), understudied (sport-related violence against animals, athletes as on-field victims of violence), or emerging (sport security, drugs and weight control, cybernetic athletes, extreme sports). This engaging presentation allows readers to fully understand the effects of sport deviance in society.

Deviance and Social Control in Sportexplains how forms of wanted and unwanted rule violation are produced by and mediated through social contexts in and around sport. As such, it explores

  • • how deviance in sport is culturally constructed and ideologically framed in dynamic and interactive contexts;
  • • the pathways certain athletes follow in becoming deviant and how they learn to associate those behaviors with their core identities; and
  • • the social responses to deviant sporting behaviors, including the role of the media in disseminating images and messages about the behavior in question.

The text begins by presenting the theoretical background necessary for understanding deviance, followed by a look at deviance as an individual issue, how it is defined, and how authorities attempt to control it. The authors make the material accessible to readers by using case studies drawn from their own empirical research. The cases show how sociologists interpret and explain the actions of athletes as well as how deviance is layered by various levels of audience interpretation. Driven by a single theory or a range of integrated theoretical approaches, the case studies encourage readers to engage in differing perspectives about deviance in sport culture. The theories are further examined in each chapter through special elements called Theoretical Intersections, which highlight how the sociology of sport meets the sociology of deviance. Discussion questions and recommended readings synthesize the information and stimulate critical thinking and research to conclude each chapter.

By considering networks of social relationships and how they produce, define, and police rule violation and rule violators, Deviance and Social Control in Sport offers a nuanced and integrated explanation of sport deviance that accounts for the behaviors and practices of both individuals and teams. This interdisciplinary text challenges readers to explore the dimensions and analytic merit of a full spectrum of crime and deviancy theories, thus stimulating a broader discussion of rule breaking in sport.

PartI. Deviant Sport Conventions

 

Chapter 1.The Normal and the Pathological in Sport

The Pathological as Normal

Sport Deviance as Tolerable

Chapter 2. Sport, Deviancy Theory, and Sociological Research

Traditional Strands of Sport Deviancy Theory

How to Research Sport Deviance

Moving Backward and Forward With Theory

Part II. Deviant Sport Communities

Chapter 3. Youth Tribes in Sport

From Resistance Subcultures to Lifestyle Sports

Le Parkour

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 4. Animal Violence in Sport

Animal Sports and Social Justice

Greyhound Racing

Changing Climates for Animal Sports

Theoretical Intersections

Part III. Deviant Athletic Bodies

Chapter 5. Body Pathologies in Sport

EPO in Professional Cycling

Slimming as Self-Violence

Technology and Disappearing Bodies

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 6. Illness Narratives and Sport

Narratives of Wounded Athletes

Meeting Wounded Athletes

Comeback Narratives

Transgression Narratives

Exit Narratives

Theoretical Intersections

Part IV. Mediating Sport Deviance

 

Chapter 7. Criminal Violence in Sport

Rink Rage and Criminal Justice

Managing Hockey Deviance as a Total Institution

Ice Hockey and the Ironies of Social Control

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 8. Terror and Security in Sport

Terrorism and the Olympic Games

Terrorism and the 2002 Salt Lake City Games

Security and Future Games

Theoretical Intersections

Chapter 9. Toward a Public Sociology of Sport Deviance

Victimological and Political-Economic Perspectives

Social Development Through Youth Sport

Sport for Reducing Social Problems

Michael Atkinson, PhD, is asenior lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at LoughboroughUniversity in Leicestershire, UK. He has served on the editorial boards of Sociology of Sport Journal and Deviant Behavior Journal. Atkinson is a member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the International Society for the Sociology of Sport.

 

In 2004, Atkinson was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Aurora Award. He resides in Quorn.

 

Kevin Young, PhD, is a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sociology of Sport Journal, Soccer and Society, and Avante. Young has also served on the executive board of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as vice president of the International Sociology of Sport Association. Young is editor of the book series Research in the Sociology of Sport.

Young enjoys all sports, loves the outdoors, and is a passionate supporter of Liverpool Football Club. He resides in Calgary.

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