Expected outcomes of sport practice for inmates

In our society there is a version of sports that is "invisible". It is not competitive, it generates no new records and provides no victories. It consists of the unrecognized sporting experiences of certain social minorities. One of these minorities is the prison population. Some research...

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Autores: Moscoso-Sánchez, David Jesús, De Léséleuc, Eric, Rodríguez-Morcillo Baena, Luis, González-Fernández, Manuel Tomás, Pérez-Flores, Antonio Manuel, Muñoz-Sánchez, Víctor Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:169762
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/169762
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sports
Social reintegration
Physical and psychic health
Prisons
Deporte
Reinserción social
Salud física y psíquica
Cárceles
Esportes
Reinserção Social
Saúde física e Psíquica
Cárceres
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Sumario:In our society there is a version of sports that is "invisible". It is not competitive, it generates no new records and provides no victories. It consists of the unrecognized sporting experiences of certain social minorities. One of these minorities is the prison population. Some research has examined the effects that the practice of sports can have in prisons. This article analyzes these effects based on the results of a qualitative study carried out in Andalusia in Spain. It focuses on the role of sports in the social rehabilitation of the prison population, emphasizing its potential in generating positive attitudes and behaviors that are helpful in re-integration. It also reveals that the role sports has in social rehabilitation is only effective if sports programs in prisons have sound pedagogical practices behind them.