The problem of violence against athletes is of growing concern. However, the scientific
literature in this field tends to be specific to certain forms of violence and does not always …

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is now a significant issue for organized sports. Since its
“discovery” thirty years ago, research on CSA has been guided mostly by the …

Following a high-profile case of child sexual abuse in sport in 1996, the Netherlands
Olympic Committee and the Netherlands Sports Confederation (NOC* NSF) established a …

Abstract In 2021, Birmingham County Football Association (BCFA) in partnership with
Newman University carried out a quantitative online review to assess coaches, volunteers …

Sporting environments provide contexts in which a range of abuses of children has
occurred. While there is an increasing awareness of the need to improve child protection in …

This study provides a unique insight into the impact and experience of maltreatment in elite
adult sport, which to date has had limited consideration within the sporting literature. The …

Cases of sport-related child sexual abuse have received increasing news coverage in
recent years. This book documents and evaluates this important issue through a critical …

Based on the theoretical framework of organisational capacity and using data from an online
survey of 8571 sports clubs in Germany, this study investigates clubs' engagement towards …

Child protection in sport emerged at the start of the 21st century amidst headlines about
coaches raping, sexually assaulting and abusing children. Against this backdrop, in 2001 …

It has been suggested that sport is increasingly becoming a “no-touch zone” as some
coaches, driven by a desire for self-protection, restrict their use of physical contact with …