Upcoming Sports Events
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SafeClub was officially launched on 25th June 2009 with the support of the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation. Over 40 people representing sport from across NSW attended the luncheon launch to hear how SafeClub makes safety easy for community sport. A presentation from SafeClub’s Jane Nethery and Kristy Abbott included an overview of the program and the research evidence while Michelle Hanley from Football NSW covered the benefits of SafeClub from a sport perspective. Sports from across NSW are now signing up to partner with SafeClub to make their sport safer. If you missed the launch and would like information on SafeClub click here. |
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On Sunday, 10 May, ARL Development and the Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League will launch their inaugural U15's and U17s Girls Competition at the Beerwah Bulldogs JRL (Roberst Road, Beerwah) between 10am and midday. The Launch will involve Under 15 teams from Caboolture, Bribie Island, Coolum and Beerwah whilst the Under 17s will involve Nambour, Bribie Island and Beerwah. |
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Australian Indigenous Mentoring ExperienceInspiring Youth Cricketer Jack Manning-Bancroft has helped University of Sydney Students get underway a mentoring program linking Indigenous year 9 and 10 school students from with mentors from across all university faculties. The underlying philosophy of AIME is to empower young indigenous people through positive role modelling and relationships, building self esteem and resilience, encouraging schoolattendance and progression to tertiary education. |
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Refugee Youth Soccer Development Program
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Upcoming Research
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The third round of focus groups and fieldwork has been completed and a General Summary is being collated. Thanks to The Southport School, AB Paterson College, Rockhampton Girls Grammar School, Sapphire Coast Anglican College, Wagga Wagga Christian College, Al-Faisal College Auburn, Football United and the Burwood and Mosman Cubs for their participation. Preparation for further focus groups with parents, coaches and PDHPE teachers is underway. |
Journals Sport, Morals, Values and Civil Society References: Sport & Crime Reduction | References: Sport & Crime Reduction |
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Baldwin, C. K. (2000). Theory, program and outcomes: Assessing the challenges of evaluating at-risk youth recreation programs. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 18(1), 19-33. Carter, V. L. (1998). From the neighborhood to the nation: The social history of midnight basketball, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Department of Sociology, Norman. Coakley, J. (2002). Using sports to control deviance and violence among youths: Let's be critical and cautious. In M. Gatz, M. A. Messner, & S. J. Ball-Rokeach (Eds.), Paradoxes of youth and sport (pp. 13-30). Albany: State University of New York Press. Correira, M. E. (1997). Boot camps, exercise and delinquency: An analytical critique of the use of physical exercise to facilitate decreases in delinquent behavior. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 13(2), 94-113.
Farrell, W. C., Johnson, J. H., Sapp, M., Pumphrey, R. M., & Freeman, S. (1996). Redirecting the lives of urban black males: An assessment of Milwaukee's midnight basketball league. Journal of Community Practice, 2(4), 91-107. Hartmann, D. (2001). Notes on midnight basketball and the cultural politics of recreation, race and at-risk urban youth. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 25(4), 339-372. Hartmann, D. (2003). Theorizing sport as social intervention: A view from the grassroots. Quest, 55(2), 118-140. Hartmann, D., Wheelock, D. (2002). Sport as prevention? Minneapolis's experiment with late-night basketball. CURA Reporter, 32(3), 13-17. Levitt, S. D. (2004). Understanding why crime fell in the 1990s: Four factors that explain the decline and six that do not. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18(1), 163-190. Macleod, D. I. (1983). Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Nichols, G., & Crow, I. (2004). Measuring the impact of crime reduction interventions involving sports activities for young people. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 43(3), 267-283. Pitter, R., & Andrews, D. L. (1997). Serving America's underserved youth: Reflections on sport and recreation in an emerging social problems industry. Quest, 49, 85-99. Riess, S. A. (1989). City games: The evolution of American urban society and the rise of sports. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Schultz, L. E., Crompton, J. L., & Witt, P. A. (1995). A national profile of the status of public recreation services for at-risk children and youth. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 13(3), 1-25. Sherman, L. W., Gottfredson, D. C., MacKenzie, D. L., Eck, J., Reuter, P., & Bushway, S. D. (1998, July). Preventing crime: What works, what doesn't, what's promising(National Institute of Justice, Research in Brief). Washington, DC: National Institutes of Justice. Wheelock, D., & Hartmann, D. (forthcoming). Midnight basketball and the 1994 federal crime bill debates: The operation of a racial code. The Scociological Quarterly. Witt, P. A., & Crompton, J. L. (Eds.). (1996). Recreation programs that work for at-risk youth: The challenge of shaping the future. State College, PA: Venture Publishing. Source: Hartmann, D. (2006) Rethinking Sport-Based Community Crime Prevention: A Preliminary Analysis of the relationship Between Midnight Basketball and Urban Crime Rates, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, vol 30 no 2, p 180
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