Sport in a Youth Prison: Male Young Offenders’ Experiences of a Sporting Intervention

This article discusses the impact of sports on young offenders in a youth prison and the effectiveness of a sporting intervention. It explores the key arguments, provides evidence, and discusses the methodology used in the research.

ARTICLE REVIEW

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
A) Identification of the key arguments of the selected article.....................................................3
B) Development of the key arguments of article with evidence.................................................4
C) Providing counter arguments with justification......................................................................4
D) Using evidence from own independent reading and exploring an inter-relationship.............5
E) Balancing the arguments with the counter arguments............................................................5
F) Discussion of the methodology that the author has used in her/his research..........................6
G) Outlining the advantages/disadvantages of the methodology employed...............................6
H) The methodology is suitable to the research question............................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Sport in a youth prison: male young offenders’ experiences of a sporting intervention.
This article has been chosen for reviewing, because articles includes different information to
describe the value of sports and games in the society. Knowing the effectiveness of sports in a
youth prison’s daily live is the main reason behind choosing this article. In this modern and
dynamic world, people can’t imagine their lives without sports and games, because sports always
give inspiration as well as motivation for living own life with full enthusiasm (Okada and Kashu,
2020). In existing stressful life, sports give opportunity to people for being some happy and
healthy, and this is the main reason that currently governments within most countries highly
promotes sports and games in market place. Sports comes under the rights of humans as well in
many countries, and that’s why prisoners also have full right to use sports in their daily lives for
living with full enthusiasm. This essay discusses sports in a youth prison. Basically, how sports
and games affect to daily lives of young offenders in prison, this factor has been discussed in this
essay. There are male young offenders’ experiences of a sporting intervention also has been
covered in this essay.
MAIN BODY
A) Identification of the key arguments of the selected article
This article is generally based on the impact on sports on the people, especially on young
offenders. Currently, sports and games are main ways for different people in this era for being
healthy and happy. Sports inspires people for working in the welfare of society. According to the
article, currently governments of many countries has formulated different laws, regulations and
standards relating to sports, in which they have given right of sports to prisoners as well. Each
person has right to play sports in their daily lives (Ekholm, 2017). According to different
psychologists, there are sports positively impact to the perception, motivation and mindset of
young offenders in prisons. This is the main reason that, currently the management of most
prisons within the United Kingdom enable to young prisoners for playing sports in the campus of
prison. Youth crimes are increasing day by day in the society, in which sports and games enable
to government of country for reducing the levels of youth crime in their authorisation zone.

That’s why ministry of sports and games within different countries are very active and
aggressive to motivate youth for highly considering sports in their daily lives. Well-developed
nations currently consider sports as a way to maintain peace in the society.
B) Development of the key arguments of article with evidence
Youth crime is really a serious issue in across the world, and that’s why government
within many countries are focusing on finding some appropriate ways to reduce this youth crime,
because youth always responsible for the bright future of a nation. Due to these all factors,
government of the United Kingdom has tries to conduct such activities in market place which
can positively change the mindset and motivation of youth. In these all activities, the government
influence youth to play their favourite sports also in their daily lives (Lee, 2020). Basically,
sports enable to youth for not conducting such activities in their daily lives which can promote
uncertainty in the happy and healthy environment of society.
Currently there are many factors exists in the market place which can affect to a person or
young man in both ways, negatively and positively. In this situation, sports enable to a person to
stay away from such factors of market place which can negatively affect to their lives. The
young stage of life to a person is very critical stage for people, in which each person has to be
very careful in this young stage of its life (Schull and Kihl, 2019). Many people consider young
stage is learning age, and parents of a young man have to give a proper path of living happy and
progressive life., because it is totally depending on the right track. In this situation, sports show a
very effective and right track to people in their young stage of life, and this is the main reason
that sport is very essential to young, no matters young currently is an offender of a prison.
C) Providing counter arguments with justification
After the cold war, the value of sports was highly increased in each country, because
many nations were sent their sports men and women in other nations for building an effective
peach among nations. In this modern era, the value of sports not has been decreased. In the 50’s
and 60’s, governments of different nations were used sports as the method of spreading peace in
the society, and this is the main reason that, currently sports can be used for reducing youth
crime as well (Kurtipek and Sönmezoğlu, 2018). Currently government of the United Kingdom
and existing sports ministry runs different campaigns in schools, colleges and universities for
encouraging youth for highly using sports in their daily lives. There are many factors influence to

young people for conducing crime in the society. For example; poverty, additional needs,
consumption of drugs etc. are very badly affecct young generation for conducting the crime
practices in the society. In this situation, while running campaigns relating to sports in the
country, the UK government tries to teach young generation that, they should avoid practices in
their daily lives which promotes unethical and crime attempts in the society. Then, government
tries to encourage youth for playing their favourite game or sport once in day in regular busy
schedule to avoid different negative thoughts from their live. Government providing the facility
of sports in different prisons also for positively changing perception of all male young offenders.
D) Using evidence from own independent reading and exploring an inter-relationship
According to the article, there are many issues exists in the society which can badly affect
to a young people. Many issues influence to young generation for conducting such activities
which are completely against the ethics and moral values. Crime rates within many places
increasing day to day, and this is not good things. In many crime scenes, anyone can see the
involvement of young people as well, and this is the irony that, in the young stage of life people
takes steps towards learning new things, but currently many young people are conducting
unethical and crime practices in the workplace (Jacobs, Smits and Knoppers, 2017). These all
issues of the society are completely interrelating with each other. There are socio-cultural and
economic issues, like; social inequality, social exclusion/inclusion and deprivation/poverty etc.
also highly affects to young people or youth for conducting crime practices in the society. In this
situation, sports can play a very effective role to a nation for showing a positive as well as
productive track to existing young generation. Basically, sports enable to the government of a
country to spread peace in the society by removing different issues and challenges. Of course,
these all issues are completely interrelating with each other, but sports can simply reduce in the
crime rate of a nation as well. There are young generation is very big capital to a country, in
which existing government of that country have to remove different social-cultural and economic
issues from the workplace, because this step of government will positively affect to young
generation in market place.
E) Balancing the arguments with the counter arguments
Make balance between arguments with the counter arguments is very necessary to ensure
the effectiveness of sports in improve lifestyle and moral values of young offenders in different

prisons. Currently one nation has used sports for maintaining an effective relationship with other
nation, so this factor is completely true that, sports and games are very helpful methods for
increasing the levels of peace in the society. Day to day competition in market place is
increasing, in which young generation have to be very active and energetic. In this situation,
young people have to adopt sports in their daily lives, and after few months they will definitely
see the positive changes in their daily lives (Medadi Nansa and Ghafouri, 2019). Currently many
young people within the United Kingdom live in different prisons, because they have conducted
different unethical attempts in their daily lives, so they also need to participate in different sports
activities, because sports can change their perceptions and motivations. Many times, male young
offenders require some specific path and ways to be positively changed, in which there are sports
is the best way to them for be being changes, and also be motivated to conduct only ethical
activities in their daily lives.
F) Discussion of the methodology that the author has used in her/his research
In the existing article of “sport in a youth prison”, there are many information about
sports and its impact on young prisoner has been included by the researcher. In short, this article
is the perfect module for showing effectiveness of sports in the society. According to this article,
government of a country can positively impact on its young generation’s perception, mindset and
mentality. In this situation, author of this article has putted its huge efforts in order to collect
these all information and date relating to sports and young prisoners. According to the current
information and data of report, author has been used qualitative research method, because this
research methodology enables to all researchers for collecting data by observation, interview,
meetings and many other types of resources (Berdychevsky, Stodolska and Shinew, 2019).
Basically, this method includes two types of techniques of data and information collection,
named; primary research and secondary research, in which primary technique has enabled to gain
data by observation, interview, meetings. On the other side, secondary technique has enabled to
author for gaining data and information from books & journals, newspaper articles, sports
magazines, internet blogs and informative videos are main sources.
G) Outlining the advantages/disadvantages of the methodology employed
Author of this article has used the qualitative research method within its workplace, and
this method gives very better outcomes to different users (Porro, Martelli and Testa, 2020).

However, method has some advantage and disadvantages, in which both advantages and
disadvantages of qualitative method has been mentioned below;
Advantages
Qualitative research is very helpful method in providing deep, depth and detailed
information to different researchers and authors in market place. On the other side, it creates
openness for a researcher which enables to them for encouraging people for expanding on their
responses.
Disadvantages
Qualitative method of research is not able to represent statistical form of data collection.
This method generally relied upon experience of different researcher. Method many times
requires multiple sessions, so this is also a key disadvantage.
H) The methodology is suitable to the research question
Qualitative method, which was used by author for collecting data in this article is very
effective as well as productive. Basically, this method is completely suitable for the research
question. When author of article was decided to write the article on the topic of “sport in a youth
prison: male young offenders’ experiences of a sporting intervention”, then it has directly chosen
this qualitative method, because it was prepared only research questions which can be found by
observation, meetings, interviews and other secondary sources (Atkinson, 2019). Basically,
primary and secondary techniques under qualitive research was enough to author for answering
its research questions.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above findings, it can be concluded that, no one can imagine the human
civilisation without sports, because sports and games show specific ways and paths to people for
improving their daily lives. Sports enable to people for being very energetic and active. It
enables people for increasing their levels of intelligence as well. It can be also concluded that,
author has used qualitive method of research for collecting data to complete this article. On other
side, this method was enough to answer research questions of author.

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