The Criminology of Boxing, Violence and Desistance

Front Cover\nThe Criminology of Boxing Violence and Desistance\nCopyright information\nDedication\nTable of contents\nNotes on the Author\nAcknowledgments\nForeword\nIntroduction\n1 Boxing as Sports Criminology\n	Why boxing?\n	Boxing gyms as sites of research\n	Boxing and narrative interviewing: introducing the boxers’ stories and psychosocial theories of desistance\n		Narrative interviewing\n		Introduction to classic theories of desistance\n		Boxing and its relationship to desistance\n	Summary\n2 The Appeal and Desistance-Promoting Potential of Boxing\n	Introduction\n	A brief history of boxing\n	Sport as a definer of hegemonic masculinity\n	Sport as a form of domination\n	The downside to domination: sport and male vulnerability\n	Combat sports, masculinity and intersectionality\n	Contemporary ideas surrounding sport and desistance from crime\n	Sport and conformity: theoretical arguments for sport’s potential to increase pro-social behaviour\n	Sport as criminogenic: a discussion on the learnt behaviours in sport and its relationship with violence and masculine-enhancin\n	Summary\n	Notes\n3 The Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing Gym\n	Introduction\n	Frank’s story\n	Battle wounds: Frank’s search for respect\n	Boxing and reconstruction of the self\n	Summary\n	Notes\n4 The Case of Eric: Self-Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated Body\n	Introduction\n	Eric’s story\n	The beginning of a boxer: Eric’s trajectory\n	Physical capital and the boxer’s means of production\n	“Think you’re a big man, do you?” Eric’s relationship with his father and the appeal of the gym\n	The boxing bulimic: Eric’s bodily destruction for a sense of acceptance\n	The boxer’s ‘heart’ and the controlling of a monster – Eric and violence outside the ring\n	The logic of violence: transposable attitudes from ring to street\n	Summary\n	Notes\n5 The Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation\n	Introduction\n	Leroy’s story\n	Working-class habitus and boxing\n	Shame, stigma and class\n	Summary\n	Notes\n6 The Appeal of the Boxing Gym\n	Introduction\n	Reflections on the appeal of boxing\n	Boxing’s appeal: status, fame and action\n	Boxing’s appeal: dedication, reconstruction and bodywork\n	Boxing’s appeal: competition and the accomplishment of masculinity\n	Boxing as a response to personal and structural vulnerability\n	Summary\n	Notes\n7 Desistance and Boxing: The Ambivalence of the Gym\n	Introduction\n	Boxing as a site of incapacitation\n	Boxing as a form of pro-social development\n	Respect: the gym, opportunities and the street\n	Identity and desistance from violence: the inside/outside gym paradigm and the use of techniques of neutralisation\n	Summary\n	Notes\n8 Discussion\n	The enduring appeal of boxing\n	The desistance-promoting potential of boxing\n	Implications for policy and practice\n	Limitations of this research\nReferences\nIndex