Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 4 Issue 1

Introduction

Stephen Wagg, Tim Crabbe

Sport exceptionalism and the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Helen Lenskyj

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1983, resolves disputes between athletes and national or international sports…

Amateurism, scientific control, and crime: historical fluctuations in anti-doping discourses in sport

Ian Ritchie, Kathryn Henne

The purpose of this paper is to assess the institutional mechanisms for combating doping in high-level sport, including the trend toward using legalistic frameworks, and how they…

Sexual violence and collegiate athletics: US federal law, adjudication and the media spotlight

Theresa Walton-Fisette

In order to understand how collegiate athletics fits within the wider problem of sexual violence on college campuses, the purpose of this paper is to start with an examination of…

In plain sight – examining the harms of professional wrestling as state-corporate crime

Karen Corteen

The purpose of this paper is to explore critically the potentially harmful business of professional wrestling in the USA as state-corporate crime.

Challenging popular representations of child trafficking in football

James Esson, Eleanor Drywood

Reports of human trafficking within the football industry have become a topic of academic, political and media concern. The movement of and trade in aspirant young (male…

The problems and causes of match-fixing: are legal sports betting regimes to blame?

Minhyeok Tak, Michael P. Sam, Steven J. Jackson

Sport match-fixing has emerged as a complex global problem. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it critically reviews how match-fixing is typified as a policy problem…