One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The Struggle for Child Protection in Canadian Sport
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5933280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gretchen Kerr (0000-0002-8070-7297, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Bruce Kidd (0000-0002-4396-2045, University of Toronto), Peter Donnelly (0000-0002-9878-9673, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci9050068 |
| OpenAlex | W3021552611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 21 |
Millions of children and adolescents around the world participate in organized sport for holistic health and developmental benefits. However, for some, sport participation is characterized by experiences of maltreatment, including forms of abuse and neglect. In Canada, efforts to address and prevent maltreatment in sport have been characterized by recurring cycles of crisis, public attention, policy response, sluggish implementation, and active resistance, with very little observable change. These cycles continue to this day. Achieving progress in child protection in Canadian sport has been hindered by the self-regulating nature of sport, funding models that prioritize performance outcomes, structures that deter athletes from reporting experiences of maltreatment, and inadequate attention to athletes' recommendations and preventative initiatives. The culture of control that characterizes organized sport underpins these challenges to advancing child protection in sport. We propose that the establishment of a national independent body to provide safeguards against maltreatment in Canadian sport and to address this culture of control
Athletes · Control (management · Economics · Environmental health · Management · Neglect · Physical therapy · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Sports injuries and prevention
From rhetoric to representation
A Rapid Review on Complaint Mechanisms for Interpersonal Violence
Gender Differences in Sports-Related Child Maltreatment
Evaluation of Publicly Accessible Child Protection in Sport Education and Reporting Initiatives
Athlete Maltreatment as a Wicked Problem and Contested Terrain
Child labour in high performance and professional sport
Safeguarding in sport
Sustainability of Policies Addressing Harassment and Abuse in Children's Sports
Exploring Stakeholders' Interpretations of Safe Sport
Black Hair Is a Safe Sport Issue
Sport Administrators' Perspectives on Advancing Safe Sport
From Policy to Practice
Listening to Athletes' Voices
The Culture of Control
Sport, Professionalism and Pain
Interpersonal violence against children in sport in the Netherlands and Belgium
Emotional abuse and neglect (psychological maltreatment)
The culture of control
Conformity Confronted and Orthodoxy Outraged
There was something that wasn't right because that was the only place I ever got treated like that
Asylums
Assessing the sociology of sport
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |