Sailofsky, D.; Shor, E.

"It will ruin his career": does violence against women really damage the careers of NBA players?

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Sailofsky, D. and Shor, E. 2022. "It will ruin his career": does violence against women really damage the careers of NBA players? Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37 (1-2), pp. 239-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520909195

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Title	"It will ruin his career": does violence against women really damage the careers of NBA players?
Authors	Sailofsky, D. and Shor, E.
Abstract	Arrests for acts of violence against women are a common occurrence for professional athletes, including National Basketball Association (NBA) players. Many sports fans, players, and those involved in professional sport believe that arrests for acts of violence against women, whether they result in a conviction or not, are highly detrimental to an athlete’s career. We matched all 30 NBA players arrested for acts of violence against women between 2000 and 2016 with similar players who were not arrested and examined the effects of the arrest on postarrest average annual salary and career longevity. We found no significant difference between arrested players’ careers and the careers of nonarrested counterparts. From a social learning perspective, this lack of punishment or loss of reward could be an important factor in continued acts of violence against women among NBA athletes.
Keywords	violence against women; arrests; social learning theory; NBA; athletes; matched pairs
Sustainable Development Goals	5 Gender equality
Middlesex University Theme	Health & Wellbeing
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Journal	Journal of Interpersonal Violence
ISSN	0886-2605
Electronic	1552-6518
Online	06 Mar 2020
Print	Jan 2022
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Accepted	2020
Deposited	09 Oct 2024
Output status	Published
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520909195
Web of Science identifier	WOS:000523823800001
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