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Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes and Crimes Against Women
Public Heroes Private Felons Athletes and Crimes Against Women Author:Jeff Benedict New in Paperback! While arrests of celebrated college and professional athletes for crimes against women escalate at an alarming rate, popular sports figures routinely escape accountability for their offenses. Now available in paperback, this controversial work thoroughly investigates for the first time athletes' abusive behavior, delving into ... more »the full spectrum of complex factors that give rise to and perpetuate the disturbing pattern of frequent sexual and domestic violence toward women. Drawing on extensive and unprecedented interviews with athletes, victims, attorneys, coaches, team officials, and others, Benedict examines several incidents of rape, gang rape, and assault by successful sports figures, including the cases of Mike Tyson, Lawrence Phillips and other members of the University of Nebraska football team, former Boston Celtic Marcus Webb, and Warren Moon. Benedict's probe confronts such issues as race, class, the groupie phenomenon, the sexually permissible life style of many athletes, the consensual sex defense, and the sports industry's indifference to recruiting or drafting talented athletes with prior criminal records.« less