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Sport is under attack from a range of corrupting forces,听such as doping, gambling, and match fixing.听These issues are threatening sport globally.听
Sports Forensic is a new field of knowledge. It helps organisations uncover irregularities and maintain the highest standards of behaviour, using an innovative forensic audit framework. 鈥�
Sports Forensic is co-ordinated by here at Abertay University, working with partners such as Police Scotland, KPMG and INTERPOL.听
"I am delighted to support the Sports Forensic Research programme,听the first in the world focused on supporting sporting organisations to achieve the highest levels of integrity鈥hroughout the last few years and across the world there has been a growing understanding of how sport is affected by criminals involved in serious organised crime.听Police Scotland welcomes the opportunity to work with academia to improve our collective knowledge of the risk of serious organised crime in sport."听 Assistant Chief Constable Pat Campbell, Police Scotland: Organised Crime, Counter Terrorism and Intelligence听
Watch 'The Fix'
We need to increase young people鈥檚 awareness of Serious Organised Crime in sport so we can help to protect them.
Help us: complete *'.听
Free teaching pack: download 'The Fix' teaching resource here.听
*Produced in collaboration with Police Scotland.
What is Sports Forensic?
Sports Forensic听combines听a forensic audit听approach with sophisticated technology. This method exposes behaviours that break rules or regulations, do not meet with expectations, or are simply illegal.听
Sports Forensic gives sports organisations in critical situations new tools to prevent, detect and respond to fraud and misconduct.
These tools boost the positive behaviours, and help minimise and prevent any mistreatment before it ever happens.
The Sport Corruption Barometer
The 2021 Sport Corruption Barometer听provides an annual analysis of the latest trends and patterns of criminal activity in sport.听
Developed听between Abertay University and听INTERPOL, it听covers many areas of sport fraud such as result manipulation, bribery听and doping.听
2021 saw a 50% increase in investigations across a variety of sports - from e-sports to football, ice hockey to horse racing.
The world's first Sports Forensic degree
Abertay's Sports Forensic Research Programme听颈蝉 the world鈥檚 first research degree in this brand new area of knowledge.
This听programme听applies a forensic听approach to sport corruption, examining听the hidden negative factors听within sports and other stakeholder organisations,听in order to help correct them.
Find out more about Abertay's Sports Forensic Research degree.
Work with us: Consultancy
Fraud and misconduct can have profoundly negative consequences across all sports.听 This means that many of the old ways of operating are no longer effective.
We can help you听via听consultancy and forensic projects.
Sports Forensic helps organisations detect, respond to, resolve and prevent behaviour that does not comply with expectations and regulations.
We听design听tools to help leadership and management in critical situations fix their issues. These tools bring about new ways of working, and help organisations sustain those capabilities.听听
Contact us by email to find out how we can help you.
Our Partners
We have partnered with INTERPOL, Police Scotland and KPMG through the Sports Forensic project.听Please contact us to become part of this innovative response to a global threat to sport.
About Sport听@ Abertay
Our Sports Degrees
We听have a wide range of Sport and Exercise Sciences degrees, from Undergraduate to PhDs, all grounded听in up-to-date research and real听world experience.听Find out more about Abertay's Sport and Exercise Science Degrees.
Sports IntegriTay听
Sports IntegriTay is a free set of resources created by our students, covering many aspects of duty of care听eg: mental health,听safeguarding and听dealing with issues such as injury or retirement. Find out more about Sports IntegriTay.
Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing
With state of the art facilities, connections to听a huge variety of sports clubs and world-class academics, our Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing is听the听place to study a听sport-related degree.听
