TY - JOUR
T1 - Amateurism, scientific control, and crime: historical fluctuations in anti-doping discourses in sport
AU - Ritchie, Ian
AU - Henne, Kate
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the institutional mechanisms for combating doping in high-level sport, including the trend toward using legalistic frameworks, and how they contribute to notions of deviance.
Design/methodology/approach
A historical approach informed by recent criminological adaptations of genealogy was utilized, using primary and secondary sources.
Findings
Three time periods involving distinct frameworks for combating doping were identified, each with their own advantages and limitations: pre-1967, post-1967 up until the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999, and post-1999.
Originality/value
This study contextualizes the recent legalistic turn toward combating doping in sport, bringing greater understanding to the limitations of present anti-doping practices.
AB - Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the institutional mechanisms for combating doping in high-level sport, including the trend toward using legalistic frameworks, and how they contribute to notions of deviance.
Design/methodology/approach
A historical approach informed by recent criminological adaptations of genealogy was utilized, using primary and secondary sources.
Findings
Three time periods involving distinct frameworks for combating doping were identified, each with their own advantages and limitations: pre-1967, post-1967 up until the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999, and post-1999.
Originality/value
This study contextualizes the recent legalistic turn toward combating doping in sport, bringing greater understanding to the limitations of present anti-doping practices.
U2 - 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2018-0003
DO - 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2018-0003
M3 - Article
SN - 2056-3841
VL - 4
SP - 18
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
JF - Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
IS - 1
ER -