Locating and mitigating risks to children associated with major sporting events

Brackenridge, Celia; Rhind, Daniel; Palmer-Felgate, Sarah

doi:10.1080/19407963.2014.911516

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“…The frequency with which this matter arises is detailed by Porter, Jaconelli, Cheyne, Eby, and Wagenaar (2009), who claim, “Displacement is a defining feature of the mega-event” (p. 395), in their research on the 2012 London Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. This theme also concerns human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution, street crime, or begging, which is the subject of specialized control measures before SMEs (e.g., London Councils & GLE Consulting, 2011) and has been highlighted for both adult and child populations (Adams & Piekarz, 2015; Brackenridge et al, 2015).…”

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“…Numerous studies have highlighted the human rights (HR) issues associated with hosting SMEs (e.g., Brackenridge, Rhind, & Palmer-Felgate, 2015; Giulianotti & Klauser, 2010; Horne, 2007; Lenskyj, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012; Rowe, 2012; Smith, 2009). There has been widespread reporting of these HR issues in connection with both previous and forthcoming SMEs (e.g., the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar, respectively; Human Rights Watch, 2015; R.…”

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Human Rights and Sports Mega-Events: The Role of Moral Disengagement in Spectators

Schofield

Rhind

Blair

2017

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Human rights issues such as freedom of speech, equality, and displacement are repeatedly connected with the hosting of sports mega-events. Governments and event organizers require public backing to ensure these events remain sustainable; this study provides an explanation as to how the general populations continue to provide this support in spite of these concerns through the framework of Bandura’s social cognitive theory of moral agency. Four focus groups consisting of 18 individuals who had attended a sports mega-event were carried out using a semistructured format, covering the topics of freedom, protection, access, equality, and ability. Subsequently, the data were analyzed deductively using definitions of the mechanisms of moral disengagement. The findings provide preliminary evidence of moral disengagement in members of the public who support sports mega-events. Implications for human rights organizations and other key stakeholders are discussed.

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Human Rights and Sports Mega-Events: The Role of Moral Disengagement in Spectators

Schofield

Rhind

Blair

2017

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…Sport-related writing is also typically concerned with negative impacts of sport practices on other rights, for example: exploitation of young athletes (e.g. David, 2005;Brackenridge et al, 2014) and the impacts of major sporting events on the housing of disadvantaged groups and freedom of speech and assembly in host communities (e.g. Adams & Piekarz, 2015;Lenskyj, 2008;Timms, 2012).…”

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Human rights, leisure and leisure studies

Veal

2015

World Leisure Journal

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by the United Nations in 1948, includes the right to leisure time, to cultural participation and to travel. While the idea of human rights permeates many aspects of national and international life, it appears not to have permeated the field of leisure studies to any great extent, unlike some cognate areas, such as sport and tourism studies. The purpose of this paper is not to remedy this situation but to argue that this neglect is unjustified and to suggest that leisure researchers might incorporate the idea of human rights and leisure rights into their work. The paper is divided into six main parts. First it considers the parallels between the neglect of human rights in sociology up until the 1990s and the continuing neglect in the field of leisure studies. Second, it considers the basis of human rights in general. Third, it examines the nature of the leisure rights declared in the Universal Declaration. Fourth, the place of leisure in general critiques of economic, social and cultural rights is assessed. Fifth, the relationship between human rights and a number of themes in leisure studies is briefly explored, including: the work/leisure divide; the individual versus society; freedom; gender; globalization; and policy. Finally some suggestions are made for a research agenda on human rights and leisure.

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“…Tourism researchers have thus far considered human trafficking within broader studies of sex tourism (Cansel et al, 2009;Chang andChen, 2013, Uzama, 2011) and labour exploitation, mainly of migrant workers (Hjalager, 2008;Joppe, 2012;Robinson, 2013). Child exploitation has been of particular attention (Brackenridge et al, 2014;Magablih and Naamneh, 2010) with researchers suggesting prevention practices in the travel and tourism (Richter, 2005;Tepelus, 2008) and hotel sectors (Kalargyrou and Woods 2015). Researchers have also highlighted the potential for mega events to provide opportunities for sex trafficking (Brackenridge et al, 2014;Matheson and Finkel, 2013).…”

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“…Child exploitation has been of particular attention (Brackenridge et al, 2014;Magablih and Naamneh, 2010) with researchers suggesting prevention practices in the travel and tourism (Richter, 2005;Tepelus, 2008) and hotel sectors (Kalargyrou and Woods 2015). Researchers have also highlighted the potential for mega events to provide opportunities for sex trafficking (Brackenridge et al, 2014;Matheson and Finkel, 2013). However, there is currently no research that offers a more in-depth study of THB as a crime in the tourism sector and that proposes a methodology for identifying critical intervention points where a tourism destination or tourism businesses can raise barriers to disrupt this crime.…”

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Nodes, guardians and signs: Raising barriers to human trafficking in the tourism industry

Paraskevas

Brookes

2018

Tourism Management

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Trafficking in human beings (THB) is a growing criminal activity involving the movement of victims by force or coercion for sexual or labour exploitation. THB is often facilitated unwittingly by tourism businesses. This study sought ways to disrupt the opportunities for THB in the hotel sector through the application of criminology theories. A qualitative study was conducted in three European countries (UK, Finland and Romania), employing semi-structured key stakeholder interviews, a survey of hotel managers and focus groups. Using concepts primarily from crime pattern theory, hotels were confirmed as THB activity spaces and 'crime journeys' were mapped with the nodes where offenders and their victims converge with different 'guardians' (hotel employees and managers). Warning signs and critical intervention points where THB opportunities can be disrupted were also identified. The resulting framework of the trafficked victim's journey can be used by any tourism business wishing to help prevent this crime.

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Locating and mitigating risks to children associated with major sporting events

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