Fraud, Corruption and Sport [electronic resource] /
Brooks, G.author.
Aleem, A.author.
Button, M.author.
This book offers historical and contemporary international analysis of fraud and corruption in sport, including a diverse range of cases from the sporting world including football, cricket, horse racing and boxing.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND SPORT IN CONTEXT -- 2. Defining Fraud and Corruption in Sport -- 3. Defining Fraud -- 4. Defining Corruption -- 5. Developing a Typology of Fraud and Corruption in Sport -- 6. The Art of Bending and Breaking the Rules: A Continuum of Corruption -- 7. A Culture of Corruption: a Systemic Problem or Protecting Vested Interests? -- 8. Gambling: A Cause of Fraud and Corruption in Sport? -- 9. The Extent of Fraud and Corruption in Sport -- 10. The Problem in Measuring Fraud and Corruption in Sport -- 11. Surveys and Estimates of Fraud and Corruption in Sport -- 12. The Limitation of Surveys of Fraud and Corruption Data -- 13. Gambling and Sport: Measuring 'Attempted' Fraud and Corruption? -- 14. Why do Those in Sport Commit Fraud? -- 15. Individual Athletes and Acts of Fraud and Corruption -- 16. Sporting Institutions and Acts of Fraud and Corruption -- 17. Internet Fraud, Corruption and Sport -- 18. Money Laundering and Gambling Websites -- 19. Under Threat from 'Organised' Crime: Fraud, Corruption and Online Gambling Websites -- PART II: KEY BODIES: ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNANCE -- 20. Fraud and Corruption in Football -- 21. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Football -- 22. Ticket Sales -- 23. Football Agents, Fees and Potential Tax Evasion -- 24. Match Fixing and its Association with Gambling -- 25. The Potential for Money Laundering and Lost Taxation from Football Clubs -- 26. Countering Fraud and Corruption in Football: A Structural Problem for Football Leagues -- 27. German Football: Broad Involvement, Limited Regulation and Incentives for Financial Window Dressing -- 28. The Structure of Italian Football: Creative Accounting in a Family Business? -- 29. Detecting, Exposing and Preventing Fraud and Corruption in Football -- 30. Fraud and Corruption in Cricket -- 31. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Cricket -- 32. Paying for Information -- 33. Match Fixing -- 34. Spot-fixing -- 35. Countering Fraud and Corruption in Cricket: The Role(s) of the ICC ACSU and National Boards -- 36. Detecting and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Cricket: a Need for Special Investigators? -- 37. Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing -- 38. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing -- 39. Trading a Horse or Horse-trading? Buying a Horse at Auction -- 40. Auction Fraud in the United Kingdom and USA -- 41. Fixing Horse Races: Doping and Gambling in the Name of Profit? -- 42. Detecting, Exposing and Countering Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing -- 43. Fraud and Corruption in Basketball -- 44. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Basketball -- 45. Point Shaving -- 46. Referee Bias -- 47. Tanking: Losing to Win? -- 48. Detecting, Countering and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Basketball -- 49. Fraud and Corruption in Baseball -- 50. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Baseball -- 51. Match Fixing for Money: A Justification for Poor Pay and Restrictive Contracts? -- 52. Match Fixing for Glory: Little League Baseball (LLB) and State Corruption in Taiwan -- 53. Match Fixing for Organised Interests: Bribery, Threats and Intimidation -- 54. Detecting, Countering and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Baseball: The Role(s) of the Major League Baseball (MLB) -- 55. Recourse to the Law: Getting MLB Attention? -- 56. Fraud and Corruption in Boxing -- 57. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Boxing -- 58. The Participants -- 59. Boxers -- 60. Managers -- 61. Promoters -- 62. Boxing Commissions -- 63. Sanctioning Organisations -- 64. Detecting, Exposing and Countering Fraud and Corruption in Boxing: The Evolution of Federal Regulation of Boxing -- 65. Preventing some Fraud and Corruption in Boxing: Improving Contracts, Developing a Database of Boxers and Employing Credible Referees and Judges -- 66. Overview and Final Reflections -- Bibliography.
This book offers historical and contemporary international analysis of fraud and corruption in sport, including a diverse range of cases from the sporting world including football, cricket, horse racing and boxing.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
International law.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Police.
Sports.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
International Sports Law.
Crime and Society.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Policing.
Popular Science in Sports.