Football Hooliganism, Fan Behaviour and Crime: Contemporary Issues

Football Hooliganism, Fan Behaviour and Crime: Contemporary Issues

Football Hooliganism, Fan Behaviour and Crime: Contemporary Issues

Football Hooliganism, Fan Behaviour and Crime: Contemporary Issues

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Overview

Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137347978
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 05/13/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 312
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Tammy Ayres, Leicester University, UK Graham Brooks, Wolverhampton University, UK John Flint, University of Sheffield, UK Jon Garland, University of Surrey, UK Niall Hamilton-Smith, University of Stirling, UK Shane D. Johnson, University College London, UK Justin Kurland, University College London, UK Geoff Pearson, University of Liverpool, UK Ryan Powell, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Emma Poulton, Durham University, UK Steve Redhead, Charles Stuart University, Australia Michael Rowe, Northumbria University, UK Clifford Stott, University of Leeds, UK Nick Tilley, University College London, UK Stuart Waiton, The University of Abertay Dundee, UK John Williams, University of Leicester, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction; Matt Hopkins and James Treadwell PART I: FOOTBALL AS A CRIME GENERATOR 1. The Football 'Hotspot' Matrix; Justin Kurland, Nick Tilley and Shane D. Johnson 2. Talking Prada and Powder: Cocaine Use and Supply Amongst the Football Hooligan Firm; James Treadwell and Tammy Ayres 3. 'We've got the equivalent of Passchendaele': Sectarianism, Football and Urban Disorder in Scotland; John Flint and Ryan Powell 4. The Hollow Victory of Antiracism in English Football; Jon Garland and Michael Rowe 5. Crime in the Boardroom: Extending the Focus Beyond Football Fans; Graham Brooks PART II: EXPLORING FAN BEHAVIOURS IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA AGE 6. The Last of the Working Class Subcultures to Die? Real Tales of Football Hooligans in the Global Media Age; Steve Redhead 7. The Hooligan Film Factory: Football Violence in High Definition; Emma Poulton 8. Playing on a Different Pitch: Ethnographic Research on Football Crowds; Geoff Pearson PART III: CRIMINALISATION, CONTROL AND CROWD MANAGEMENT 9. Criminalising Football Fans in an Age of Intolerance; Stuart Waiton 10. Football Banning Orders: the Highly Effective Cornerstone of a Preventative Strategy?; Matt Hopkins and Niall Hamilton-Smith 11. Policing Football 'Hooliganism': Crowds, Context and Identity; Clifford Stott 12. Justice for the 96? Hillsborough, Politics and English Football; John Williams
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