Fraud, corruption and sport / Graham Brooks, Azeem Aleem and Mark Button.
2013
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Author
Title
Fraud, corruption and sport / Graham Brooks, Azeem Aleem and Mark Button.
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Call Number
GV718 .B76 2013
ISBN
9780230299788 (hardback)
0230299784 (hardback)
1137290714 (electronic bk.)
9781137290717 (electronic bk.)
0230299784 (hardback)
1137290714 (electronic bk.)
9781137290717 (electronic bk.)
Description
ix, 206 pages ; 23 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40022924432
System Control No.
(OCoLC)846846974
Summary
"Sport plays a collective social, political and cultural role around the world. In recent years, however, it has become associated with stories of corruption including gambling, consumption of illegal substances and institutional vote rigging. This book examines the level, depth and range of fraud and corruption in sport and the methods used to counteract and prevent fraud and corruption which damages the integrity of sport. Brooks, Aleem and Button argue that sport is often downplayed and defended as 'different' from other businesses. This book demonstrates that sport encounters the same types of fraud and corruption as business everywhere, and those specific to it such as match fixing, point shaving associated with vested gambling interests and tanking to secure better players in the future. Fraud, Corruption and Sport analyses a diverse range of cases internationally from across the sporting world including football, cricket, horse racing, basketball, baseball and boxing. This book presents a new perspective on the security of sport appealing to students, academics, practitioners and sporting enthusiasts alike"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-197) and index.
Available in Other Form
Fraud, corruption and sport (OCoLC)856889381
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Table
ix
1.
Introduction: Fraud, Corruption and Sport
1
Fraud and corruption in sport
4
Organisation of the book
8
pt. I
Fraud, Corruption and Sport in Context
2.
Defining Fraud and Corruption in Sport
15
Introduction
15
Defining fraud
16
Defining corruption
18
Developing a typology of fraud and corruption in sport
20
art of bending and breaking the rules: a continuum of corruption
22
culture of corruption: a systemic problem or protecting vested interests?
25
Gambling: a cause of fraud and corruption in sport?
27
Conclusion
29
3.
Extent of Fraud and Corruption in Sport
30
Introduction
30
problem in measuring fraud and corruption in sport
31
Surveys and estimates of fraud and corruption in sport
34
limitation of surveys of fraud and corruption data
39
Gambling and sport: measuring `attempted' fraud and corruption?
41
Conclusion
44
4.
Why Do Those in Sport Commit Fraud and Corruption?
45
Introduction
45
Individual athletes and acts of fraud and corruption
46
Sporting institutions and acts of fraud and corruption
52
Conclusion
58
5.
Internet Fraud, Corruption and Sport
59
Introduction
59
Money-laundering and gambling websites
60
Under threat from `organised' crime: fraud, corruption and online gambling websites
64
Conclusion
70
pt. II
Fraud and Corruption in Sport: Key Bodies: Enforcement and Governance
6.
Fraud and Corruption in Football
73
Introduction
73
Types of fraud and corruption in football
74
Ticket sales
74
Football agents, fees and potential tax evasion
76
Match-fixing and its association with gambling
77
Countering fraud and corruption in football: a structural problem for football leagues
81
Detecting, exposing and preventing fraud and corruption in football
85
Conclusion
88
7.
Fraud and Corruption in Cricket
89
Introduction
89
Types of fraud and corruption in cricket
90
Paying for information
92
Match-fixing
94
Spot-fixing
97
Countering fraud and corruption in cricket: the role(s) of the ICC ACSU and national boards
100
Detecting and exposing fraud and corruption in cricket: a need for special investigators?
103
Conclusion
105
8.
Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing
107
Introduction
107
Types of fraud and corruption in horse racing
108
Fixing horse races: doping and gambling in the name of profit?
114
Detecting, exposing and countering fraud and corruption in horse racing
118
Conclusion
121
9.
Fraud and Corruption in Basketball
123
Introduction
123
Types of fraud and corruption in basketball
124
Detecting, countering and exposing fraud and corruption in basketball
131
Conclusion
137
10.
Fraud and Corruption in Baseball
139
Introduction
139
Types of fraud and corruption in baseball
140
Match-fixing for money: a justification for poor pay and restrictive contracts?
140
Match-fixing for glory: Little League Baseball (LLB) and state corruption in Taiwan
142
Match-fixing for organised interests: bribery, threats and intimidation
144
Detecting, countering and exposing fraud and corruption in baseball: the role(s) of Major League Baseball (MLB)
146
Recourse to the law: getting MLB attention?
150
Conclusion
152
11.
Fraud and Corruption in Boxing
153
Introduction
153
Types of fraud and corruption in boxing
154
participants
154
Detecting, exposing and countering fraud and corruption in boxing: the evolution of federal regulation of boxing
161
Preventing some fraud and corruption in boxing: improving contracts, developing a database of boxers and employing credible referees and judges
165
Conclusion
167
12.
Overview and Final Reflections
169
Final thoughts: sport, fraud and corruption
173
Bibliography
174
Index
198