Description |
1 online resource (222 pages) |
Contents |
Front Cover -- The Criminology of Boxing Violence and Desistance -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Notes on the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Boxing as Sports Criminology -- Why boxing? -- Boxing gyms as sites of research -- Boxing and narrative interviewing: introducing the boxers' stories and psychosocial theories of desistance -- Narrative interviewing -- Introduction to classic theories of desistance -- Boxing and its relationship to desistance -- Summary -- 2 The Appeal and Desistance-Promoting Potential of Boxing -- Introduction |
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A brief history of boxing -- Sport as a definer of hegemonic masculinity -- Sport as a form of domination -- The downside to domination: sport and male vulnerability -- Combat sports, masculinity and intersectionality -- Contemporary ideas surrounding sport and desistance from crime -- Sport and conformity: theoretical arguments for sport's potential to increase pro-social behaviour -- Sport as criminogenic: a discussion on the learnt behaviours in sport and its relationship with violence and masculine-enhancin -- Summary -- Notes |
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3 The Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing Gym -- Introduction -- Frank's story -- Battle wounds: Frank's search for respect -- Boxing and reconstruction of the self -- Summary -- Notes -- 4 The Case of Eric: Self-Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated Body -- Introduction -- Eric's story -- The beginning of a boxer: Eric's trajectory -- Physical capital and the boxer's means of production -- "Think you're a big man, do you?" Eric's relationship with his father and the appeal of the gym -- The boxing bulimic: Eric's bodily destruction for a sense of acceptance |
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The boxer's 'heart' and the controlling of a monster -- Eric and violence outside the ring -- The logic of violence: transposable attitudes from ring to street -- Summary -- Notes -- 5 The Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation -- Introduction -- Leroy's story -- Working-class habitus and boxing -- Shame, stigma and class -- Summary -- Notes -- 6 The Appeal of the Boxing Gym -- Introduction -- Reflections on the appeal of boxing -- Boxing's appeal: status, fame and action -- Boxing's appeal: dedication, reconstruction and bodywork |
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Boxing's appeal: competition and the accomplishment of masculinity -- Boxing as a response to personal and structural vulnerability -- Summary -- Notes -- 7 Desistance and Boxing: The Ambivalence of the Gym -- Introduction -- Boxing as a site of incapacitation -- Boxing as a form of pro-social development -- Respect: the gym, opportunities and the street -- Identity and desistance from violence: the inside/outside gym paradigm and the use of techniques of neutralisation -- Summary -- Notes -- 8 Discussion -- The enduring appeal of boxing -- The desistance-promoting potential of boxing |
Summary |
This perceptive study explores the extent to which boxing has the potential to reduce violent attitudes among young offenders. Jump assesses conflicting evidence and presents in-depth case studies of fighters to ask whether boxing's values of discipline and respect can create a support network that helps young men refrain from reoffending |
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Implications for policy and practice |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Boxing -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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Boxing -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain
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Violence -- Great Britain -- Prevention
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime.
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Boxing -- Psychological aspects
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Boxing -- Social aspects
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation
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Violence -- Prevention
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Crime.
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Great Britain
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1529203252 |
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9781529203257 |
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9781529203288 |
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1529203287 |
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