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Game-day gangsters : crime and deviance in Canadian football /
In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton [Alberta] :
AU Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already accepted by voluntarily participating in the sport? In the case of Canadian football, acts of on-field violence, hazing, and performance-enhancing drug use that would be considered criminal outside the context of sport are tolerated and even promoted by team and league administrators. The manner in wh. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781927356548 1927356547 9781927356555 1927356555 |