MELANIE LANG

2023

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

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

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

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

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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

5 Citations (Scopus)

Child abuse in sport education contexts

LANG, MELANIE. & McMahon, J., 30 Jun 2022, (Accepted/In press) Routledge Resources Online: Sports Studies. Marttinen, R., Alfrey, L., Hemphill, M. & Quarmby, T. (eds.). Routledge, London, (Routledge Encyclopaedia series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

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

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2 Citations (Scopus)

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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

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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

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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

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6 Citations (Scopus)

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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10 Citations (Scopus)

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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

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

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

LANG, MELANIE., 2019

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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

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7 Citations (Scopus)

249 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

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

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12 Citations (Scopus)

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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)

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

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12 Citations (Scopus)

204 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

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13 Citations (Scopus)

216 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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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14 Citations (Scopus)

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“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.

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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

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

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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

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

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