CRI386H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Johnny Tapia, Contact Sport, Lightning
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Whether participation in sports can keep people from life of crime, or help people already engaged in crime avoid recidivism. Focus on martial arts of various kinds, physical combat sports. Idea that you have individuals who are drawn down wrong path young men drawn down violent path. Channelling violence into martial arts/rough contact sport reaching space they are inhabiting but pulling in more constructive direction. Sense that mother loved him dearly very important to him. But most poignant memory as young child story that he felt she abandoned him. 7 years old, school trip return of bus, sitting at front of bus w/ another mother who is pregnant. Bus goes off road, crashes into tree witnesses mother fly through windshield, terrible accident. Parents notified & come pick up children can"t get in touch w/ mother. Taken back by authorities from trip rather than mother. Mother was killed following year 8 years old.
