Kim presents at 28th International Sport Science Congress

Young Ho Kim, a doctoral student in the field of sport management advised by Dr. Lisa Kihl, gave a presentation at the 28th International Sport Science Congress in commemoration of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. His presentation, “We are All Innocent, but Socialized into Being an Offender: Why Do We Believe School Violence Occurring in the Sport-Related Departments is a Form of Discipline?” consisted of preliminary data findings from his research on violence in schools. The purpose of the study was to examine how innocent freshmen may become offenders as time goes by, and how the practices of school violence are transferred with each grade. To analyze the collected data, multiple theoretical frames were applied, such as the Stanford prison experiment, obedience to authority theory, social learning theory, and differential association theory.