

The Role of Sport in Promoting Desistance from Crime
The report is made up of eight key sections:
Chapter 1 provides a contextual overview of the role of sport as a crime prevention initiative
Chapter 2 outlines the background to and delivery of the sports academies at Portland Young Offenders Institution
Chapter 3 introduces the evaluation process
Chapters 4-5 present the qualitative and quantitative research findings
Chapter 6 is dedicated to a discussion of the key results
Chapter 7 explores the key recommendations generated by the research
Chapter 8 summarises the suggested future research directions.
Chapter 9 Concludes the report with a series of illustrative case studies