"Knuckle-Dragging Thugs": civilizing processes and the biosocial revolution in the National Hockey League

In this article, we advocate for the development of a critical criminology of sport. To this end, we analyze news media coverage of a sample of National Hockey League suspensions to explore how the sporting world disseminates cultural messages about crime and punishment. Our analysis reveals that at...

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Authors: Kennedy, Liam (Author) ; Silva, Derek M. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-126
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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