Download or read book Crime, Deviance and Doping written by M. Yar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption.