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sports violence  

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  • A relationship exists between violence and sports. The relationship takes one of the following four forms: the violence of athletes while engaged in sports, the violence of athletes outside of competition, the violence of spectators proximate to a sporting event, and the violence of sports consumers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Sports Violence]

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