Game-Day Gangsters: Crime and Deviance in Canadian Football

• Main Author: Curtis Fogel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2013
• Subjects: drugs; CFL; sport; violence
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already ac...