Violence in Sport and the Role of the Criminal Law
Author
Johnson, Rowena
Date
2014Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The aim of this study will critically evaluate where and when the criminal law should be
used to regulate conduct between sports participants on the sports ground. In more recent
years a quantifiable concern has arisen over the level and volume of violent incidents
between participants taking part in Rugby Union.
In this study there are five chapters, the first contains an introduction about what this study
is about and what its main focus is to be. Second, will be a review of the literature
surrounding these issues, together with a historical look at sport with insight into the
change of amateur to professionalism followed by a look into the concept of the history of
sport law and the nature of sport itself. The broader concepts of violence and negligence
will then be reviewed, and then contracting this chapter will be a further review of the
literature surrounding more specific elements that are significant to the findings of this
study. Chapter three will examine two recent examples of case law involving cases of
similar melees on the sports field. The discussion will involve extracting identifiable themes
from these two case studies with specific look at the need for justice and the punishments
sanctioned. The role and effect of the media and, without great exploration, the moral
standards and concern that is generated when examining such a subject will be included
in the fourth chapter, before concluding the study in the final chapter.
This study involves an underlying notion of how sports-related violence should be
understood by both the players involved and society. The findings reveal that specifically
to sport, understanding the problematic concept of consent within the law will be of
considerable influence when determining the punishments required and whether
prosecutions should be initiated.
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT MANAGEMENT
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