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    Fighting for change: narrative accounts on the appeal and desistance potential of boxing

    Jump, DL (2015) Fighting for change: narrative accounts on the appeal and desistance potential of boxing. Early Career Academics Network (ECAN) Bulletin (26). pp. 10-15. ISSN 2752-5953

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    Abstract

    This article is based on recent ethnographic research into the sport of boxing as part of my PhD with the University of Manchester. It explores how the sport can potentially act as a hook for change, engaging and incapacitating men when they might otherwise be involved in crime.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: No
    Date Deposited: 25 May 2016 09:00
    Publisher: The Howard League for Penal Reform
    Additional Information: This is an Author Final Copy of a paper accepted for publication in ECAN Bulletin, published by and copyright The Howard League for Penal Reform.
    Divisions: Faculties > Arts and Humanities
    Research Centres > Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences
    Subject terms: desistance, boxing, young people, criminology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/610675
    ISSN 2752-5953

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