Gender-Based Violence in Children's Sport

This book explores the major forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in children's sport, reviews the historical, sociocultural, and political influences on violence towards children, and sets out future agendas for research and practice to eliminate GBV in sport. It argues that GBV must be facilitated by a system that enables this violence, protects the perpetrator, disables bystanders, silences the victims, and/or fails to provide a structure to address victims or bystanders concerns.

Format: Hardback
Length: 162 pages
Publication date: 28 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the various manifestations of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the realm of children's sport, encompassing sexual, physical, and psychological abuse as well as neglect. It explores the historical, sociocultural, and political factors that contribute to violence against children, while also presenting future research and practice agendas aimed at eradicating GBV in the sport sector. The book emphasizes that GBV thrives within a system that facilitates it, protects the perpetrators, disables bystanders, silences the victims, and/or fails to provide adequate structures for addressing victims' and bystanders' concerns. Drawing on empirical research from diverse disciplines such as sport sociology, sport psychology, developmental psychology, and coaching, along with real-life case studies of GBV in sport across different levels, the book makes a compelling argument for fundamental changes in the current systems of sport governance, safeguarding, and athlete welfare. This book is of utmost importance for students, researchers, policymakers, coaches, welfare officers, and counselors with interests in sport, gender studies, safeguarding, criminology, or sociology. An electronic version of this book is freely accessible through Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a collaborative initiative aimed at making high-quality books Open Access for the public good. The Open Access ISBN for this book is 9781003035138. For more information about KU and access to the Open Access version, please visit www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367473662