Deborah Jump is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has over fifteen years’ experience of working in youth justice as both a practitioner and service manager. She is the Head of Youth Justice at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies and was previously the recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Fund evaluating the impact of sporting programmes on communities in the USA.

''Deborah Jump presents unique insights that challenge previous thinking on the transformational potential of boxing for violent men. This is a first-rate book; a must-read for anyone interested in life-course criminology, gender, sport and criminal desistance.'' Ross Deuchar, University of the West of Scotland

• IntroductionBoxing as Sports Criminology The Appeal and Desistance- Promoting Potential of BoxingThe Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing GymThe Case of Eric: Self- Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated BodyThe Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation The Appeal of the Boxing Gym The Desistance- Promoting Potential of Boxing Discussion

Deborah Jump is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has over fifteen years’ experience of working in youth justice as both a practitioner and service manager. She is the Head of Youth Justice at the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies and was previously the recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Fund evaluating the impact of sporting programmes on communities in the USA.

''Deborah Jump presents unique insights that challenge previous thinking on the transformational potential of boxing for violent men. This is a first-rate book; a must-read for anyone interested in life-course criminology, gender, sport and criminal desistance.'' Ross Deuchar, University of the West of Scotland

• IntroductionBoxing as Sports Criminology The Appeal and Desistance- Promoting Potential of BoxingThe Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing GymThe Case of Eric: Self- Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated BodyThe Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation The Appeal of the Boxing Gym The Desistance- Promoting Potential of Boxing Discussion