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Lansdell, Geoffrey. "Athlete Crime." Oct. 2007. __AskMen.com.__ 17 May 2009. . This article gives a list of the top ten crimes committed by athletes. This gives a little detail about each person and tells what crime they committed. It will help you be able to see the different types of crimes these athletes commit. This website also tells you what the outcome of the crime was, whether they were found guilty or not. These different athletes can be used as examples of the types of crimes that were committed and how they were solved.

Benedict, Jeff. "Sports Culture Contributes to Domestic Violence." 1997. __Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.__ 5 May 2009. <[]? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T010 &prodId=OVRC &docId=EJ3010126221 &source=gale &srcprod=OVRC &userGroupName=erde79591 &version=1.0>. This website talks about the violence that athletes commit. The violence is not caused just because they play sports, it is caused by the stipulations that surround playing sports. The fame and fortune that is involves the athletes. This article is very useful because it tells about how society and the sport establishments do not punish athletes for criminal behaviors. This causes those athletes to think that laws do not apply to them. So they end up going ahead and committing more crimes. There are specific examples that are listed in the article that help getting the point across that athletes who commit crimes get special treatment. This article targets an older crowd. It is written with more scholarly words and it was written in the Northwestern University Press.