Book Review: Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook

Abstract

This volume is part of a series titled “Contemporary World Issues.” The series focuses on issues in society, such as gun control, pollution, human trafficking, and the death penalty. The first edition of Steroids and Doping in Sports was published in 2014, “just prior to the release of the most serious revelations about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in amateur and professional sports” (xiv). The author decided the time was right to update the resource with additional information and current statistical data. The preface outlines which chapters were updated but does not go into detail on what new information was added or changed.