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Authors of this handbook have done a remarkable job by covering wide-ranging analysis of topics regarding sports and particularly media that has changed the whole scenario of sports in current era. Authors have focused primarily on the effects of media on sports, and crime or cheating in sports has been one of the significant impacts of media that has commercialized the sports industry enormously. One of the attributes of this handbook is consideration of different aspects of sports from historical to social, and from institutional to nonprofessional aspect. Moreover, the authors have attempted to include a wide range of studies regarding the issue that has resulted in increment of validity of this handbook. In order to understand the consequences of media on the sports industry, the authors have divided the handbook in different chapters that scrutinize the progress of sports industry along with media audiences that play a crucial role in the development of sports. Lastly, it is a significant scholarly piece of study regarding sports, media, and will be very valuable in understanding the role of media in creating factors of crimes in the industry.

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    In brief, authors of this book have endeavored to illustrate the positive effects of sports on the human society. For such purpose, the authors have focused on factors, such as culture, language, values, principles, etc of a society, and have attempted to emphasize on the role of sports on such sociological factors of the society. Moreover, the book relates closely to the school and college life, and thus, roams around the topics like crime, violence, religion, etc to investigate the role of sports in reducing the levels of crimes and violence in any society. Besides focusing on the American sports industry, the author have tried to discuss sociological advantages of sports on international level that is significant quality of this book that will enable the researcher in understanding the relationship of sports and crime in a broad manner along with focus on other sociological factors as well.

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A scholarly piece of a PhD. student that has focused primarily on a case study of cheating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In this regard, the dissertation has attempted to understand the level of crime factor in sports industry by using a case study. However, one of the distinguishing factors of this scholarly piece is utilization of economic model of supply and demand, and relating it with the level of violations in NCAA. For such purpose, the researcher has used basic principles of economics related to crime, such as cartel theory that emphasizes on the impact of market power on cheating. In the result, the researcher has successfully created a theoretical model of crime related with sports to evaluate the role of market power in promoting cheating in the case study. Lastly, the researcher has identified a number of other factors that encourage athletes to involve in crimes in the sports, such as economic benefits and quick fame in the industry.

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Until now, a number of researchers and experts have attempted to evaluate the role of sports in the reduction of crime levels in regions around the world, and this book is part of this endeavor that has emphasized on the role of sports and recreational programs as a crime tackler. The author of this book has focused primarily on youth crimes, and specifically children below the age of eighteen years to investigate the effects of sports on young offenders in the society. Although the author has not been successful in providing empirical findings; however, the discussions in the book are critical and significant in understanding the definite impact of sports and its relationship with crimes and violence. A significant attribute of this book is its broad perspective as the author has included sports programs from the USA, UK, as well as Australia. Furthermore, this book includes several case studies, as well as comparisons of different sports programs and its relationship with crimes that is a significant attempt of the authors in the form of this book. Although a number of experts have investigated sports and crimes, however, this book is different due to its focus of youth crimes, youth sports programs, and different other factors, such as community, youth justice, and governmental policies.