1st Edition
Sport and Crime Reduction The Role of Sports in Tackling Youth Crime
1. Introduction: The Aims of the Book, the Target Audience, and How to Read It Part 1: Theory - The Theory Underpinning Sport’s Role in Social Policy 2. The Rationale for Including Sport in Social Policy Initiatives 3. What is Evidence, and Why is It so Contentious? 4. Today’s Sport and Social Policy Context 5. Towards a Typology of Programmes Part 2: Practice - Case Studies in Sport-Led Crime Prevention 6. West Yorkshire Sports Counselling 7. Haffotty Wen 8. The Fairbridge Programme 9. Positive Futures 10. Podium Project 11. The Parks for all Project 12. ‘Splash’ National programme with Spotlight on Delivery 13-15. Australian Case Studies Part 3: Building Theory into Practice 16. Modelling Programmes and Balancing Competing Objectives 17. Project Evaluation with Limited Resources and Expertise ‘On Site’ 18. The Role of Sport. 19. Conclusion
Biography
Geoff Nichols is Senior Lecturer in Leisure Management at the Sheffield University Management School, UK.
"The Handbook is a Babette's Feast of knowledge, experience and erudition, which can best be sampled slowly over time with reflection" John Harding
Geoff Nichols has been commissioned to write a very large number of reports for Sport England, central and local government. This is his first book.
