Game of two halves: mainstream criminological theory and sport
Game of two halves: mainstream criminological theory and sport
This chapter risks the charge of ‘textbookification’ in setting out what various schools of criminological thought do or might say about crime within sport and vice versa. Some mentions are literal, others metaphorical. It examines pre-classical - here called gothic - classical, administrative and positivistic theories of crime - particularly the biological. Sociological positivism brings in Merton - a keen user of sport, to illustrate his work - and broadly sub-cultural and Chicagoan perspectives. Sykes and Matza’s techniques of neutralisation and control theories, right realism and labelling conclude the chapter.
Keywords: positivism, gothic-classical, crime, theories of crime, sport
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