Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Boxing as Sports Criminology
- 2 The Appeal and Desistance-Promoting Potential of Boxing
- 3 The Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing Gym
- 4 The Case of Eric: Self-Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated Body
- 5 The Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation
- 6 The Appeal of the Boxing Gym
- 7 Desistance and Boxing: The Ambivalence of the Gym
- 8 Discussion
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Boxing as Sports Criminology
- 2 The Appeal and Desistance-Promoting Potential of Boxing
- 3 The Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing Gym
- 4 The Case of Eric: Self-Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated Body
- 5 The Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation
- 6 The Appeal of the Boxing Gym
- 7 Desistance and Boxing: The Ambivalence of the Gym
- 8 Discussion
- References
- Index
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- The Criminology of Boxing, Violence and Desistance , pp. 201 - 209Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2020