The Sports Doping Market Understanding Supply and Demand, and the Challenges of Their Control /

• Main Authors: Paoli, Letizia (Author), Donati, Alessandro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; International law.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; International Sports Law.

This book examines sports doping from production and distribution to use, detection, and punishment. Detailing the daily operations of the trade and its gray area as a semi-legal market, the authors cover important issues ranging from the diversion of regular drugs from legal market chains, the expa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview: What is Known about Doping and What Can This Study Add to It
• Doping Products and Their Demand
• The (Illegal) Suppliers of Doping Products
• Distribution Chains and Market Relationships
• The Role of Sports Body and Organized Crime
• Revenues and Profits
• Anti-Doping Law Enforcement: Legislation, Actors, Outcomes, and the Challenges Ahead
• Synthesis of Findings and Lessons for Policy-Making.