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7 results foundAuthor: Brackenridge, Celia Title: Protecting Children From Violence in Sport: A Review With A Focus on Industrialized Countries Summary: During recent years, however, it has become evident that sport is not always a safe space for children, and that the same types of violence and abuse sometimes found in families and communities can also occur in sport and play programmes. Child athletes are rarely consulted about their sporting experiences, and awareness of and education on child protection issues among sport teachers, coaches and other stakeholders is too often lacking. Overall, appropriate structures and policies need to be developed for preventing, reporting and responding appropriately to violence in children’s sport. In recognition of this, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre commissioned a review of the available empirical research and policy initiatives on this subject. The research resulted in a wealth of information. This report defines the many aspects of the issue, provides examples of both good and poor practice, and makes suggestions for sport organizations to assist them in their violence prevention work. In particular, the study recommends improvements in: 1) Data collection and knowledge generation about violence to children in sport; 2) Development of structures and systems for eliminating and preventing violence to children in sport; 3) Education, awareness-raising and training on this subject; and 4) Promotion of ethical guidelines and codes of conduct as part of the prevention system. It is anticipated that by addressing these gaps, significant improvements will be realized for the promotion and protection of the rights of children in sport. Details: Florence, Italy: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Innocenti Research Centre, 2010. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 19, 2010 at: Year: 2010 Country: International URL: Shelf Number: 118805 Keywords: Child MaltreatmentChild ProtectionSports Violence |
Author: Marie, Olivier Title: Police and Thieves in the Stadium: Measuring the (Multiple) Effects of Football Matches on Crime Summary: During large sporting events criminal behaviour may impact on criminal behaviour via three main channels: (i) fan concentration, (ii) self incapacitation, and (iii) police displacement. In this paper I exploit information on football (soccer) matches for nine London teams linked to detailed recorded crime data at the area level to empirically estimate these different effects. My findings show that only property crime significantly increases in the communities hosting football matches but that they experience no changes in violent offences. These results are robust to controlling for a large number of game type and outcome characteristics. There is no evidence of temporal displacement of criminal activity. Our conceptual model suggests that the away game attendance effect on crime is due to voluntary incapacitation of potential offenders. I argue that the police displacement effect of hosting a match increases property crime by 7 percentage point for every extra 10,000 supporters. Details: London: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2010. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: CEP Discussion Paper No. 1012: Accessed November 29, 2010 at: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1012.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1012.pdf Shelf Number: 120292 Keywords: HooliganismProperty CrimeSporting EventsSports Violence |
Author: Kurland, Justin Title: Late Weekend Kick-Offs at Premier Football Matches and Their Possible Link to Increased Levels of Alcohol-Related ASB and Disorder Summary: The main objective of this study, which was commissioned by the Government Office for London, was to determine whether late weekend kick-offs at premiership football clubs in London were associated with increased levels of alcohol-related crime and disorder. A comprehensive literature search was mounted to identify relevant previous studies. Only one that was directly related to the issue was identified. This compared two local derbies played between Portsmouth and Southampton, where the later Saturday kick-off appeared to be associated with higher levels of alcohol-related crime and disorder. For the study reported here a wide range of data were collected from British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police Service, the London Ambulance Service, and the UK Football Policing Unit. These referred to crime and disorder related incidents, crimes and arrests in and around grounds where games were played. The data encompassed records over the four seasons, beginning with 2005-6. In all some 580 games were included in the analysis. Two methods were used to interrogate the data. The first approach identified all late Saturday kick-offs that occurred for the identified clubs in London in the period covered by the research and paired these games with matching games played between the same sides at other times of the week, where possible (for 8 games) earlier on a Saturday. The patterns of crime and disorder associated with the late Saturday kick-off and other games were compared. No consistent difference was found. The second method involved a multiple regression and drew in data from all 580 games that involved the relevant clubs or their grounds taking into account a wide range of variables that may have plausibly been associated with alcohol-related crime and disorder in and around grounds. Substantially it came to the same conclusion as the matched game analysis. No systematic empirical support for the notion that late Saturday kick-off games are associated with elevated levels of alcohol-related crime and disorder emerged. It may, of course, be that the data used failed to capture real differences between later Saturday kick-off games and others, but there was nothing positive to suggest that this is the case. It appears more possible, however, that the late Saturday games were not marked by especially high levels of crime and disorder because of the influence exerted by the police over which games are played with a late kick-off on a Saturday. Where problems are expected the police oppose the scheduling of games at this time. The findings of this research may be read as vindicating police decision-making over which games to agree to although some might argue that this hypothesis should have been tested more directly. The multiple regression looked at the data to see if there were other reliable predictors of levels of crime and disorder at football matches. The most marked finding was that derby matches (matches between two London teams) were associated with higher levels of arrests and that league matches tend to have lower levels of crime and disorder than other games. It is difficult to generalize these findings to other games played in other leagues or to games played outside London. It might be useful to extend the analysis to these. Moreover, further work to identify predictors from crime and disorder at football matches might be fruitful, drawing on a wider range of matches. Details: London: Department of Security and Crime Science University College London, 2010. 50p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 15, 2011 at: http://www.asbonline.org.uk/upload/documents/webpage/ASB%20Board/UCLfootballreportforGOL.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.asbonline.org.uk/upload/documents/webpage/ASB%20Board/UCLfootballreportforGOL.pdf Shelf Number: 122743 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderHooliganismSports Violence |
Author: Brackenridge, Celia Title: Sport, Children's Rights and Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook on Global Issues and Local Programmes Summary: UNICEF is the world's largest child protection agency. The work of UNICEF is delivered through diverse agencies and national settings. Frequently, sport is used by the agency as a mechanism for repairing broken communities after human conflicts or natural disasters. However, sport itself is by no means neutral when it comes to the safety and welfare of the child. In 2007 this issue was recognised as a gap in the provisions of UNICEF. To their credit, and thanks largely to the persuasive powers of Susan Bissell, then working at the UNICEF International Research Centre in Florence, Italy, the staff at UNICEF convened a roundtable of experts in research and policy on welfare in sport. Over the next few years, the group drew together a report on the state of evidence about violence to children in sport and a summary of available prevention policies. This report, authored by Celia Brackenridge (UK), Kari Fasting (Norway), Sandra Kirby (Canada) and Trisha Leahy (Hong Kong) was published as a United Nations Innocenti Research Centre Review in 2010 and entitled Protecting Children from Violence in Sport: A review with a focus on industrialized countries. It was not possible within that relatively short document to provide many details of the research and policy issues that it addressed. Hence it was agreed that a second, companion volume would be compiled to give interested readers further information and practical examples of both global and local projects to prevent violence to children in sport. For several reasons, that companion volume sat on the presses for some years. We have decided to publish it here in the state that it was left in 2008, to stand as a record of the issues at that time and to fill a gap in the ever-widening trail of literature about child rights and safety in sport. Inevitably, both science and practice have moved on in the intervening years. Several significant initiatives for child athlete welfare have started and the growth of scientific studies in this field has been exponential. As one example, the editors launched BIRNAW in 2010, a network of some 45 interested researchers, policy makers, sport organisations and other stakeholders who wish to advance the field, whose first publication is available as a free download (Brackenridge and Rhind, 2010, see Note 1 below). There are also now new websites, research projects and coalitions of advocates and scientists across the world that were not active before 2008. We make no apology for omitting these here: others are working on texts that will take the story forward from 2008. For our part, this book represents simply one step in recording the journey towards child safety in and through sport. Details: London: Brunel University London, 2012. 202p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 30, 2015 at: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/369293/2012-Sport-and-childrens-rights-edited-book.pdf Year: 2012 Country: International URL: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/369293/2012-Sport-and-childrens-rights-edited-book.pdf Shelf Number: 135429 Keywords: AthletesChild ProtectionSports Violence |
Author: Hamilton-Smith, Niall Title: An evaluation of section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 Summary: This summary sets out key findings from a multi-method research study to evaluate the implementation and impact of new powers introduced in Section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. The research aimed to provide evidence as to the Act‟s impact on disorder and offensive behaviour at football matches. Research Objectives The objectives for the research as outlined in the Scottish Government research specification document were as follows: To assess the implementation of the legislation and to identify any barriers that may be impeding its effectiveness; To evaluate whether the atmosphere and behaviour at and around football matches has improved since the introduction of the Act; Relatedly, to assess whether the Act has also resulted in a reduction in offending at and around football matches; and finally, To examine supporters‟ perception of the legislation, in terms of their understanding of its content and acceptance of its objectives. Research Methods The key elements of the mixed methods study were: Two online surveys of supporters of Scottish football clubs were conducted as part of the study. The first survey was "live‟ between 20 August and 20 September 2013, the second between 22 July and 5 August 2014. The surveys of Supporters Direct Scotland members and other football supporters may be considered a reasonable basis for hypothesizing about the views of Scottish football supporters in general. In terms of sample characteristics, the vast majority were male, white and born in Scotland. There was greater diversity in terms of age. Responses were received from all 42 SPFL clubs, with the four largest Glasgow and Edinburgh clubs the best represented in the 2014 survey. There was a fairly even split between season ticket holders and non-season ticket holders. Interviews and focus groups with those involved in the implementation and enforcement of the legislation, including Sheriffs, Procurators Fiscal, Police Officers, and Club Security Officials. Meetings and focus groups with football fans and with representatives of supporters groups. Analysis of secondary data sources, including data held by the Crown Office, the Scottish Government and Police Scotland. Some limited observational research and informal interviewing in and around stadia on match days was also undertaken. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2015. 90p. Source: Internet Resource: Scottish Government Social Research Series: Accessed August 14, 2015 at: http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Evaluation-of-S1-of-OBAFATBSA.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Evaluation-of-S1-of-OBAFATBSA.pdf Shelf Number: 136410 Keywords: Crowd ControlFootball FansSoccerSports Violence |
Author: Deutsche Sportjugend im Deutschen Olympischen Sportbund e.V. Title: Prevention of sexual and gender harassment and abuse in sports Initiatives in Europe and beyond Summary: Sport is currently a disputed social terrain: on the one hand it exposes individuals and society to positive values, but at the same time it also bears the potential to be harmful. Therefore, we believe that one of the main tasks of the European sporting movement is to work towards safeguarding the integrity of sport. Focusing on preventive measures and investing continuously into the education of European sportsmen and women, especially in our European youth sector, plays a vital role in accomplishing this long-term goal. Concerted European action is required to effectively promote the ethical values inherent to sport and in order to truly offer all individuals and groups in society equal opportunities to participate in and enjoy the benefits of sport. Bringing together a European project network and finding common denominators between various actors and bodies at different levels of the European sporting, social and scientific environments is a challenging task that is easily underestimated in terms of the resources necessary for such a project to run smoothly. Despite the fact that European coordination often means compromising, adjusting and adapting in previously unforeseen ways, initiating and being involved in projects such as this one always allows an organisation to grow and develop its capacities, networks and know-how. The November 2012 conference "Safer, better, stronger - Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse in sports" is the final stage of the EU-funded project "Prevention of sexualised violence in sports - Impulses for an open, secure and sound sporting environment in Europe" and a contribution to provide a platform not only for strengthening transnational and crosssector cooperation, but also for sensitising and raising awareness at all levels of the complex social environment that surrounds the problem of harassment and abuse. Bringing together individuals and organisations with differing competences is an ideal occasion to foster networking among experienced actors and beginners alike, to link European resources, to learn from and support each other as well as to encourage future collaboration. As a main outcome of this project, this catalogue of initiatives from Europe and beyond will support this intercultural learning to develop Details: Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Sportjugend, 2012. 89p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 25, 2016 at: http://www.whiteribbon.at/documents/227622494.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.whiteribbon.at/documents/227622494.pdf Shelf Number: 139821 Keywords: Gender-Based ViolenceSexual AbuseSexual HarassmentSporting EventsSports Violence |
Author: Taylor, Jirka Title: Violent and Antisocial Behaviour at Football Events: Review of interventions Summary: Disorder and violence at football matches are well-recognised issues that have attracted considerable attention in the media as well as among policymakers and practitioners. In an effort to prevent and respond to the phenomenon, numerous strategies and interventions have been implemented by relevant stakeholder groups, including police and other security professionals, football clubs and associations, fan organisations and local and national governments. However, despite the wide range of tools available, there are gaps in the understanding of the current state of practice and its effectiveness. This rapid evidence review responded to these gaps through a focused, structured literature search and aimed to provide a critical assessment of previous research into these issues. The review observed a multitude of strategies that can be and have been implemented to counter antisocial behaviour at football matches. They can broadly be grouped into four categories: 1) organisation of the venue (e.g. equipping stadiums with cameras, seating-only arrangements), 2) organisation of the events (e.g. arranging transport for away fans; setting up early kick-off times); 3) approaches to policing (e.g. dialogue-based policing, police liaison teams); and 4) laws, policies and partnerships (e.g. higher penalties for hooliganism, cooperation with fan associations). With respect to the effectiveness of these interventions, the review found that the existing evidence base (at least as captured by the parameters of the review) is underdeveloped. The review found evidence pertaining only to a subset of interventions. Of the studies offering an effectiveness assessment, the majority faced notable methodological limitations. Key Findings There is positive evidence for the effectiveness of utilising security cameras and mandatory transport arrangements for visiting fans, early kick-off times and policing approaches aimed at establishing dialogue and lines of communication with fans in reducing disorder. Interventions that do not appear to be effective include fan registration schemes as a precondition for a ticket purchase and alcohol bans within stadiums, city-wide alcohol bans and bans on alcohol consumption while in transit to the stadium. Details: Cambridge, UK: RAND Europe, 2018. 70p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 27, 2018 at: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2532.html Year: 2018 Country: Europe URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2532.html Shelf Number: 150950 Keywords: Alcohol-Related Crime, DisorderAntisocial Behavior Camera SurveillanceDisorderly ConductFootball Hooliganism Soccer Sporting Events Sports Violence VandalismViolence Prevention |