A New Agenda For Football Crowd Management: Reforming Legal and Policing Responses to Risk

Pearson, Geoff; Stott, Clifford

Abstract

Provides update on law, policing, fan culture and the football industry, drawing on data mostly from the UK and Europe

Discusses why hooliganism became an issue both politically and academically in the 1960s, 70s and 80s

Draws on Sociology, Psychology, Law and Criminology

Citation

Pearson, G., & Stott, C. (2022). A New Agenda For Football Crowd Management: Reforming Legal and Policing Responses to Risk. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16298-5

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Online Publication Date: Dec 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Dec 13, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 10, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 10, 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
• ISBN: 978-3-031-16297-8; 978-3-031-16300-5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16298-5
• Keywords: crowd management; violence; football matches; sociology of sport; crowd psychology; fan behaviour; regulating crowds; human rights law; stadium management; social psychology; soccer; sports crowds; hooliganism; fandom; Policing