1st Edition

Sport and Criminal Justice Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions

Edited By Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker, Rosie Meek Copyright 2026
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the use of sport and physical activity-based interventions as a means by which to address crime and antisocial behaviour. Covering a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social contexts involving both adult and youth populations, this book provides insight into the way in which sport and physical activity are interpreted by participants and... Read more

Introduction: Sport and Criminal Justice—A Context for Co-Creation?

HAYDN MORGAN, ANDREW PARKER, AND ROSIE MEEK

PART I SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS

1 Health Promotion in the England and Wales Justice System: Examining the Get Well, Stay Well Agreement

HAYDN MORGAN, ROSIE MEEK, JAMES MAPSTONE, AND BARONESS AMANDA SATER

2 The Implementation and Delivery of parkrun across the Custodial Estate in England and Wales

HELEN QUIRK, ROSIE MEEK, AND CHRISSIE WELLINGTON

3 A Perspective on Social Reintegration through the Zwift Online Training Platform: Lessons from a Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of The Breakaway Sports Programme

MARIE-LOU LIBBRECHT, HEATHER LOONTJENS, PASCAL DELHEYE, AND RUDI ROOSE

4 Yoga in English and Welsh Prisons: Increasing Accessibility through Digital Delivery?

MARK NORMAN, ROSIE MEEK, CHRIS HOLT, AND EMMA SMALLMAN

5 Co-Creating a Sport-Based Youth Development Programme for Incarcerated Youth: Partnership Mutualityin Action

JENN M. JACOBS, ZACHARY WAHL-ALEXANDER, AND ST. ANTHONY LLOYD

6 The Lived Experience and Practice Reflections of Sport in Corrections

AARON LOCKE, MONICA ANN JOHNSON, FISH, JENNIFER DAUGHENBAUGH, KALYN MCDONOUGH SMITH, AND DAVID GALLANT

PART II SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS

7 Reintegration and Resettlement through Education: Lessons from the In2Sport Programme

HAYDN MORGAN, ANDREW PARKER, MEGAN KNOWELDEN, AND ARTHUR FURNISS

8 Negotiating Sport and Sectarianism with Young People in Northern Ireland: A Fresh Start Through Sport

BRENDAN COYLE, CONOR MURRAY, MARK DENNISON, JOHN MARSHALL, AND NADINE MURPHY

9 Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People

CAROLYNNE MASON, CARON WALPOLE, HAYDN MORGAN, ROSIE MEEK, CERIS ANDERSON, STUART FELCE, GRAHAM HELM, AND CLAIRE KHAN

10 Rugby Union, Positive Youth Development, and Criminal Justice

JAMIE CROWTHER, ANDREW PARKER, AND HAYDN MORGAN

11 Sport, Physical Activity, and ‘Through-the-Gate’ Transition: CrossFit, Community Engagement, and Resettlement

ANDREW PARKER, HAYDN MORGAN, LINDSEY MIDDLETON, AND CAROLINE SAGAR

Conclusions: Co-creation, Consensus, and Collective Action—Next Steps for Sport and Criminal Justice Interventions

HAYDN MORGAN, ANDREW PARKER, AND ROSIE MEEK

Biography

Haydn Morgan is Associate Professor in Sport Management at the University of Bath, UK. The majority of his published research has explored the connection between participation in sport and the enhancement of social inclusion within marginalised populations. He has published widely in academic journals on this topic and has also produced reports for industry clients, including The Commonwealth Games Federation, the Ministry of Justice, Comic Relief, and the Welsh Rugby Union. He is currently leading a youth justice inclusion project for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Andrew Parker is Honorary Professor in the Department of Health at the University of Bath, UK. Andrew's research interests focus on sport and disadvantaged youth, and he has undertaken research and evaluation studies of sport-based interventions both in community and custodial settings.

Rosie Meek is Chartered Psychologist and founding Head of the Law School at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Rosie is best known for her work on the role and impact of sport and physical activity in prison settings. A Distinguished Fulbright Scholar, she has served on the Economic and Social Research Council’s Grant Assessment Panel and the Youth Justice Board’s Academic Liaison Panel. She is also Associate Editor of the journal Criminology & Criminal Justice and acts as an adviser to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.