Research Catalog

Title

Public heroes, private felons : athletes and crimes against women / Jeff Benedict.

Author

Benedict, Jeff

Publication

Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1997.

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Description

xvii, 254 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Jeff Benedict thoroughly investigates for the first time athletes' abusive behavior, delving into the full spectrum of complex factors that give rise to and perpetuate the disturbing pattern of frequent sexual and domestic violence toward women. And, opposing the public stance of sports organizations, he offers compelling evidence that male athletes commit more crimes against women than do their peers. Benedict provides an in-depth examination of several incidents of rape, gang rape, and assault by successful sports figures, including the cases of Mike Tyson, Lawrence Phillips and other members of the University of Nebraska football team, former Boston Celtic Marcus Webb, and Warren Moon. Benedict's probe confronts such controversial issues as race, class, the groupie phenomenon, the sexually permissive lifestyle of many athletes, the consensual sex defense, and the sports industry's indifference to recruiting or drafting talented athletes with criminal records.

Subject

• Athletes > Psychology
• College athletes > Psychology
• Crime Victims
• Male college athletes > Psychology
• Women > Crimes against

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Introduction -- 1: Weak men in wide bodies -- 2: When women are the opponent -- 3: Easy prey -- 4: Out of bounds -- 5: Unreasonable doubt -- 6: It takes Miss America to convict an all-American -- 7: Appearance of respectability -- 8: Price of justice -- 9: Sexually transmitted disease -- 10: Infidelity and domestic violence -- 11: Stopping the bleeding -- Sources and notes -- Appendix -- Index.

ISBN

1555533167 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97006528^

OCLC

36520950

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library