Playing safe: Assessing the risk of sexual abuse to elite child athletes

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-418

  Brackenridge, Celia ^a   Kirby, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; elite; sexual abuse; sport age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344375443     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269097032004005     Document Type: Article

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