232 Pages
by
Willan
232 Pages
by
Willan
232 Pages
by
Willan
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This book provides a highly readable introduction to the phenomenon of football hooliganism, ideal for students taking courses around this subject as well as those having a professional interest in the subject, such as the police and those responsible for stadium safety and management. For anybody else wanting to learn more about one of society's most intractable problems, this book is the place... Read more
Foreword by Jim Chalmers (President, Football Safety Officers' Association) Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Football violence in history Part 2: Defining football hooliganism 3. The nature and extent of football hooliganism 4. Levels of violence in Europe 5. European fan profiles and behaviour Part 3: Explaining football hooliganism 6. An overview of British theories of football hooliganism 7. British theoretical perspectives in detail 8. Theoretical approaches from Europe and beyond 9. The media and football hooliganism 10. Football violence and alcohol 11. Racism and football fans Part 4: Tackling football hooliganism 12. Policing football hooliganism 13. Repressive social controls 14. More proactive and preventive measures
Biography
Steve Frosdick
Peter Marsh is a director of the Social Issues Research Centre and MCM Research, and has studied football hooliganism since the 1970s. He was previously co-director of the Contemporary Violence Research Centre at the University of Oxford, and lectured in psychology at Oxford Brookes University.
