The Sports Doping Market: Understanding Supply And Demand, And The Challenges Of Their Control
by Letizia Paoli /
2013 / English / PDF
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This book examines sports doping from production and
distribution, detection and punishment. Detailing the daily
operations of the trade and its gray area as a semi-legal market,
the authors cover important issues ranging from athletes most at
risk to the role of organized crime in sports doping, and whether
sports governing bodies are enabling the trade. Challenges for
law enforcement and legislation, and efforts to control PED use
in the worldwide sports community and among aspiring athletes,
are also discussed in depth. The book's extensive research:•
Estimates the demand for performance-enhancing products. • Traces
the route from legal substances to illegal uses. • Identifies
classes of suppliers and their methods of operation. • Tracks
typical distribution systems from suppliers to users. • Examines
the economics of the market: prices, profits, revenue. • Assesses
the state of anti-doping law enforcement efforts.Starting with an
unprecedented case study in Italy, the intense scrutiny from one
pivotal country yields a potential template for research and
policy on a world scale. Doping and Sport makes solid
contributions to the work of researchers in criminology and
criminal justice, particularly with an interest in corruption,
drug trafficking, and criminal networks; researchers in sports
science and public health; and policymakers.
This book examines sports doping from production and
distribution, detection and punishment. Detailing the daily
operations of the trade and its gray area as a semi-legal market,
the authors cover important issues ranging from athletes most at
risk to the role of organized crime in sports doping, and whether
sports governing bodies are enabling the trade. Challenges for
law enforcement and legislation, and efforts to control PED use
in the worldwide sports community and among aspiring athletes,
are also discussed in depth. The book's extensive research:•
Estimates the demand for performance-enhancing products. • Traces
the route from legal substances to illegal uses. • Identifies
classes of suppliers and their methods of operation. • Tracks
typical distribution systems from suppliers to users. • Examines
the economics of the market: prices, profits, revenue. • Assesses
the state of anti-doping law enforcement efforts.Starting with an
unprecedented case study in Italy, the intense scrutiny from one
pivotal country yields a potential template for research and
policy on a world scale. Doping and Sport makes solid
contributions to the work of researchers in criminology and
criminal justice, particularly with an interest in corruption,
drug trafficking, and criminal networks; researchers in sports
science and public health; and policymakers.