![]() | Sexual Abuse in Youth Sport: A sociocultural analysis Subjects: Health and Social Care; Law; Sports and Leisure; Social Sciences; Family Child & Social Welfare Law; Social Work and Social Policy; Sport and Leisure Studies; Sports Development; Sports Coaching; Physical Education; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Child and Family Social Work; Violence and Abuse; Sociology of Sport; Sport and Gender; Sport and Social Problems; Youth Sports Development; Coaching Children; Youth Sport; Victims and Victimology; Cases of sport-related child sexual abuse have received increasing news coverage in recent years. This book documents and evaluates this important issue through a critical investigation of the research and theory on sexual violence and child sex offending that has emerged over the past thirty years. Based on life-history interviews with male and female 'survivors' of child sexual abuse in sport, this text offers a deeper appreciation for the experiences of those who are sexually victimized within sports and school-sport settings. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it also provides a new theoretical framework through which child sexual abuse in sport may be explored. Offering a critique spanning psychology, sociology and criminology, this book challenges existing theories of sex offending while advocating an alternative epistemology to help better understand and address this social problem. Presenting an original sociological approach to this field of study, Sexual Abuse in Youth Sport is important reading for any researcher, policy-maker or practitioner working in youth sport, physical education, sports coaching, sport policy, child protection or social work. Michael J. Hartill is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport at Edge Hill University, UK. He has conducted research into child sexual exploitation in sport for over a decade, working on a number of significant national and international projects aimed at preventing abuse of children in sport |
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