Scholarly+Articles

Schafer, Walter E. "Participation in Interscholastic Athletics and Delinquency: A Preliminary Study." __Social Problems Vol. 17, No. 1__ 1969: p. 40-47. __JSTOR.__ Springfield Township HS Library. 7 May 2009. <[]>. This article is an overview of a study that was done on High School athletes and violence. Even though this is a study about High School students it can useful to help see how these athletes deal with crimes. The study shows that high school students are less likely to commit crimes when they are involved in sports. But how does this change from high school to college? This article can be used to compare to the college and professional athletes in order to see what is done differently. This is an article that is written by professionals who do these studies for a living. So this article is geared more towards adults. But it can help researchers get an insight into the society of athletes, since it is a case study.