Research output

Research output per year 2009 2010 2014 2015 2020 2021 2023 2023

• 17 Chapter
• 17 Article (journal)
• 8 Project report
• 5 Keynote
• 18 More
  • 4 Other (conference)
  • 4 Speech
  • 3 Book
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Technical report
  • 1 Lecture
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Editorial (journal)
  • 1 Article (specialist)
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Child abuse in sport education contexts

  LANG, MELANIE. & McMahon, J., 1 Dec 2023, Routledge Resources Online: Sports Studies. Marttinen, R., Alfrey, L., Hemphill, M. & Quarmby, T. (eds.). Routledge, London, (Routledge Resources Online series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Child abuse 100%
  • abuse of children 85%
  • Sports 68%
  • abuse 42%
  • education 29%

• Child's play? Safeguarding and protecting children in sport

  LANG, MELANIE. & PURDY, LAURA., 2 Jan 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport. Jeanes, R. & Toms, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, London, p. 200-211

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Sports 100%
  • maltreatment 83%
  • legal responsibility 25%
  • coaching 19%
  • coach 18%

• Editorial: Safeguarding in sports: Safeguarding in sports

  Nery, M., Smith, P. K., Lang, M., Vertommen, T. & Stirling, A., 6 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 1096118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial (journal)

  Open Access

  • Sports 100%

• Imagining Sport in Lithuania: Young Athletes' views on Safe Sport

  LANG, MELANIE. & PURDY, LAURA., 5 Oct 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal for Sport and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  • Lithuania 100%
  • Athletes 63%
  • athlete 61%
  • Sports 60%
  • research and development 13%

• Implementing meaningful child participation in the creation of a roadmap for safe sport: A report for the Council of Europe ‘Start To Talk’ project in Bulgaria.

  LANG, MELANIE., 14 Sept 2023, 1 ed. Ormskirk, Lancashire: Edge Hill University Press. 31 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  • Bulgaria 100%
  • sport 94%
  • Roadmap 90%
  • Sports 79%
  • participation 78%

• KEYNOTE: Advancing children’s participation rights in sport: 'Voice' and the construction of child-athletes

  LANG, MELANIE., 3 May 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote

• KEYNOTE: 'Safe sport': From rhetoric to reality.

  LANG, MELANIE., 10 Nov 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote

  File

• Prevalence of interpersonal violence against children in sport in six European countries

  Hartill, M., LANG, MELANIE., SAGE, DANIEL., Rulofs, B., Vertommen, T., Allroggen, M., Diketmuller, R., Stativa, E., Horcajo, M. M., Nanu, I. & Kampen, J., 1 Dec 2023, In: Child Abuse and Neglect. 146, 106513.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  • Youth Sports 100%
  • Violence 71%
  • Sports 59%
  • violence 42%
  • Sex Offenses 38%

• Raibuliavimas (making ripples): Student-athletes action safe sport in Lithuania

  PURDY, LAURA. & LANG, MELANIE., 28 Oct 2023, In: Sport, Education and Society. p. 1-14

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Lithuania 100%
  • Athletes 63%
  • athlete 61%
  • Sports 60%
  • Students 48%
• 2022

  Advancing Children’s Rights in Sport: Coaching, Childhood Agency and the Participatory Agenda

  LANG, MELANIE., 4 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sports Coaching Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Childrens rights 100%
  • Coaching 71%
  • Childhood 61%
  • sport 54%
  • rights 54%
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Athlete and coach-led education that teaches about abuse: an overview of education theory and design considerations

  McMahon, J., LANG, MELANIE., Zehntner, C. & McGannon, K., 4 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sport, Education and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mentoring 100%
  • coach 85%
  • Athletes 82%
  • athlete 81%
  • abuse 67%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Imposing compulsory rugby union on school children: An analysis of English state-funded secondary schools.

  White, A., Batten, J., Anderson, E., McGrath, R., Piggin, J., Millward, P., Parry, K., LANG, MELANIE., Bullingham, R., Turner, G., Hardwicke, J., Humphries, C., Kirkwood, G. & Pollock, A., 7 Jul 2022, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 4, p. 784103 784103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • School children 100%
  • Physical Education and Training 90%
  • Football 82%
  • Secondary School 82%
  • physical education 63%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• KEYNOTE: Constructions of children, constructions of the self: Advancing children’s participation rights to prevent violence and abuse in sport.

  LANG, MELANIE., 6 Oct 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote
• 2021

  Athlete-and coach-led education for teaching about abuse and neglect: Researching the process, experiences, and outcomes

  McMahon, J., Zehtner, C., McGannon, K. & LANG, MELANIE., Oct 2021, 81 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  Open Access

• CASES: Child Abuse in Sport: European Statistics – Project Report

  Hartill, M., Rulofs, B., LANG, MELANIE., Vertommen, T., Allroggen, M., Cirera, E., Diketmueller, R., Kampen, J., Kohl, A., Martin, M., Nanu, I., Nanteen, M., SAGE, DANIEL. & Stativa, E., 24 Nov 2021, 106 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  Open Access

  File
  1116 Downloads (Pure)

• Child abuse in sport: European statistics. UK National report.

  LANG, MELANIE., Hartill, M. & SAGE, DANIEL., 24 Nov 2021, 41 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  Open Access

  File
  285 Downloads (Pure)

• Gender-based violence in sport: Prevalence and problems

  LANG, MELANIE., Mergaert, L., Arnaut, C. & Vertommen, T., 17 Nov 2021, In: European Journal for Sport and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Gender-Based Violence 100%
  • Sports 53%
  • violence 38%
  • gender 29%
  • European Union 24%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• In Sport and the Abuse of Children. 

  MCVEIGH, JOANNE. & LANG, MELANIE., 17 Dec 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm.. Wagg, S. & Pollock, A. M. (eds.). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Safeguarding Education in Athletics: A comparative evaluation of training effect in three modes of entry-level safeguarding training delivered by UK Athletics

  Hartill, M., KAEHNE, AXEL., Simcock, T., PURDY, LAURA., Johnson, F., JONES, MICHELLE., FEATHER, JULIE. & LANG, MELANIE., 30 Jun 2021, Edge Hill University.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File

  • entry level 100%
  • evaluation 39%
  • education 26%
  300 Downloads (Pure)

• The politics of safeguarding and protecting children in sport in England: A history of the present

  MCVEIGH, JOANNE. & LANG, MELANIE., 16 Dec 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm. Wagg, S. & Pollock, A. (eds.). Palagrave Macmillan: PalgraveMacmillan, p. 189 203 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Youth Sports 100%
  • Child Welfare 90%
  • Politics 82%
  • England 67%
  • Sports 29%
• 2020

  Barred: Criminal record checks as a tool to prevent child abuse in sport

  LANG, MELANIE. & Papaefstathiou, M., 27 Oct 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare. Lang, M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 365-375 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • criminal record 100%
  • Child abuse 81%
  • Sports 55%
  • offense 20%
  • Cyprus 17%

• Critical reflections on (adult) coach- (child) athlete 'no touch' discourses in women's artistic gymnastics: Out of touch

  LANG, MELANIE. & MCVEIGH, JOANNE., 22 Apr 2020, Women's Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural perspectives. Kerr, R., Barker-Ruchti, N., Stewart, C. & Kerr, G. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 158-172

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Developments in international policy on athlete welfare

  LANG, MELANIE., 27 Oct 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare. Lang, M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 15-23 8 p. (Routledge Handbook series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • athlete 100%
  • welfare 83%
  • Sports 80%
  • sports policy 38%
  • sex discrimination 37%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction to athlete welfare

  LANG, MELANIE., 27 Oct 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Athete Welfare. Lang, M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 1-11 11 p. (Routledge Handbook series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Athletes 100%
  • athlete 98%
  • welfare 82%
  • compromise 49%
  • Sports 48%

• The fast-tracking of one elite athlete swimmer into a swimming coaching role: A practice contributing to the perpetuation and recycling of abuse in sport?

  McMahon, J., Zehntner, C., McGannon, K. & LANG, MELANIE., 14 Sept 2020, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 17, 3, p. 265-284 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Recycling 100%
  • recycling 97%
  • Mentoring 95%
  • Swimming 93%
  • coaching 85%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare

  LANG, MELANIE. (ed.), 1 Feb 2020, (Accepted/In press) London: Routledge. 400 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • athlete 100%
  • welfare 83%
  • Sports 80%
  • ethical environment 16%
  • policy approach 11%
• 2019

  An evaluation of the first 12 months of a safeguarding in sport role within the NWG Response Unit

  Hartill, M., LANG, MELANIE. & FRASER, LEON., 4 Jun 2019, Ormskirk: Edge Hill University Press. 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  • Sports 100%

• Inter-generational physical contact (touch) in sport: A review of the evidence.

  LANG, MELANIE., 2019

  Research output: Other contribution

  File

  • Mentoring 100%
  • Touch 91%
  • Sports 79%
  • Child 39%
  61 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Gender-based violence in EU sport policy: Overview and recommendations.

  Lang, M., Mergaert, L., Arnaut, C. & Vertommen, T., 1 Feb 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 2, 1, p. 109-118

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • sports policy 100%
  • EU member state 60%
  • Sports 52%
  • EU 52%
  • violence 46%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  284 Downloads (Pure)

• Removing the tackle from schools’ rugby: A safeguarding perspective

  White, A. & LANG, MELANIE., 22 Mar 2018, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  Open Access

  • Blogging 100%
  • Football 76%

• Reports of child protection and safeguarding concerns in sport and leisure settings: an analysis of English Local Authority data between 2010 and 2015

  Hartill, M. & Lang, M., 18 Jul 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leisure Studies. 37, 5, p. 479-499

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Protection 100%
  • Protection of Children 77%
  • local authority 69%
  • Local Authorities 68%
  • sport 67%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  307 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Child sexual exploitation in sport: Discovery, understanding and prevention.

  LANG, MELANIE. & Hartill, M., 1 Nov 2017, NOTA News: The Newsletter of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse, 83, p. 10 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article (specialist)

  • sexual exploitation 100%
  • Sports 57%

• Kicking ‘No Touch’ Discourses into Touch: Athletes’ Parents’ Constructions of Appropriate Adult (Coach)-Child (Athlete) Physical Contact

  Gleaves, T. & Lang, M., 28 Apr 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 4, 3, p. 191-211

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • coach 100%
  • athlete 94%
  • contact 73%
  • discourse 56%
  • child benefit 45%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  222 Downloads (Pure)

• Telling (Dangerous) Stories: A Narrative Account of a Youth Coach's Experience of an Unfounded Allegation of Child Abuse

  Lang, M. & Pinder, S., 1 Jan 2017, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 9, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Abuse 100%
  • abuse of children 94%
  • Mentoring 92%
  • coach 79%
  • Protection of Children 67%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  230 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Child abuse in sport: From research to policy and protection

  Lang, M., Hartill, M. & Rulofs, B., 7 Jan 2016, Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 505-514 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Child abuse in sport: From research to policy and prevention.

  Lang, M., Hartill, M. & Rulofs, B., 7 Jan 2016, Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport.. Green, K. & Smith, A. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 505-514 582 p. (Routledge International Handbooks).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • youth sports 100%
  • Child abuse 82%
  • Sports 56%

• Study on Gender-based Violence in Sport: Final Report

  Mergaert, L., Arnaud, C., Vertommen, T. & Lang, M., 15 Dec 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) Belgium: European Commission. 174 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  • Sports 100%
  • violence 87%
  • gender 68%
  • Civil society organizations 22%
  • EU member state 22%

• “I know people think I’m a complete pain in the neck”: An examination of the introduction of child protection and ‘safeguarding’ in British sport from the perspective of national governing body Safeguarding Lead Officers.

  Hartill, M. & Lang, M., 8 Feb 2016, Contemporary Developments in Child Protection: Broadening Challenges in Child Protection. Parton, N. (ed.). Basel: MDPI AG Publishing, Vol. 3. p. 34-55

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Protection of Children 100%
  • pain 79%
  • child protection 74%
  • Sports 59%
  • examination 47%
• 2015

  Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International Perspectives in Research, Policy and Practice.

  Lang, M. (ed.) & Hartill, M. (ed.), 2015, London: Routledge. 214 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • child protection 100%
  • Child abuse 97%
  • research policy 95%
  • research practice 87%
  • Sports 66%

• Safeguarding and Child Protection in Sport in England

  Lang, M. & Hartill, M., 2015, Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International Perspectives in Research, Policy and Practice. Lang, M. & Hartill, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 13-22 214 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • child protection 100%
  • Sports 66%
  • athlete 24%
  • sexual violence 24%
  • abuse 13%

• The Prevention of Corporal Punishment and Abuse in Physical Education and School and Community Sport in the UK.

  LANG, MELANIE., 28 Nov 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote

  • school sports 100%
  • Corporal punishment 99%
  • physical education 67%
  • abuse 56%
  • Sports 54%

• Touchy Subject: A Foucauldian Analysis of Coaches’ Perceptions of Adult-Child Touch in Youth Swimming

  Lang, M., 1 Mar 2015, In: Sociology of Sport Journal. 32, 1, p. 4-21

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  File

  • Mentoring 100%
  • Swimming 97%
  • Touch 91%
  • coach 85%
  • Child safety 49%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  391 Downloads (Pure)

• “None of the Kids are Allowed to Eat Junk at the Pool": Discourses of "Optimal Nutrition" in Competitive Youth Swimming and the Impact on Athlete Welfare

  Lang, M., 14 May 2015, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The International Journal of Sport and Society. 5, 1, p. 11-22 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mentoring 100%
  • Swimming 97%
  • Athletes 82%
  • athlete 81%
  • nutrition 79%
  410 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  "I know people think i'm a complete pain in the neck": An examination of the introduction of child protection and "safeguarding" in english sport from the perspective of national governing body safeguarding lead officers

  Hartill, M. & Lang, M., 1 Dec 2014, In: Social Sciences. 3, 4, p. 606-627 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review

  • Protection of Children 100%
  • pain 79%
  • child protection 74%
  • Sports 59%
  • examination 47%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Safeguarding and Child Protection in Rugby League: A Research Evaluation

  Hartill, M., Lang, M. & Ashley, N., Apr 2014, Ormskirk: Edge Hill University Press. 71 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Project report

  Open Access

  File

  • evaluation research 100%
  • child protection 95%
  • Sports 38%
  • anniversary 18%
  • time 6%
  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Safeguarding Children from Violence and Abuse in Slovenian Sport

  Zurc, J., Rhind, D. & Lang, M., 14 Jul 2014, Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International Perspectives in Research, Policy and Practice. Lang, M. & Hartill, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 78-87 214 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Slovenian 100%
  • abuse 63%
  • Sports 60%
  • violence 53%
  • Judicial systems 14%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The Future of Safeguarding in Sport

  Hartill, M. & Lang, M., Jul 2014, Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International Perspectives in Research, Policy and Practice. Lang, M. & Hartill, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 192-202 214 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Sports 100%
  • Childrens rights 67%
  • abuse 51%
  • holistic approach 37%
  • Child abuse 36%

• What is Safeguarding in Sport?

  Lang, M. & Hartill, M., 2014, Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International Perspectives in Research, Policy and Practice. London: Routledge, p. 1-9 9 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Sports 100%
  • child protection 74%
• 2013

  Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: What Do We Know?

  Lang, M., 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Lecture

  • child protection 100%
  • Child abuse 97%
  • Sports 66%

• Workshop on Safeguarding and Protecting Children with Special Needs and Disabilities in Sport

  Lang, M., 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other (conference)