Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

Social Exclusion, Juvenile Delinquency and Sport Participation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi 1
Amin Rashidlamir 2
1 Assistant professor of sport management, faculty of physical education and sport sciences, University of Tehran
2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Faculty of Humanities, ,University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur, Iran
Abstract
 
Sport is considered as a social inclusion mechanism against social exclusion mechanisms. Socialization via sport has been a factor to internalize a sense of social belonging in endangered groups which is manifested in juvenile delinquency. Using data from interviews with 183 high school students of deprived urban regions, the role of sport in socially accepted beliefs and attitudes was investigated. Using regression analysis, those factors changing behavior with sport participation were analyzed and the effect of sport on the lower juvenile delinquency was positive. Although this study supported the effect of sport on decreased crimes, it warns against the optimistic conclusions of the effect of sport on tackling social problems.
Keywords
social exclusion
delinquency
sport participation
Socialization
Social control

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