ENGLISH

Policing Football: Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder

By Megan O’Neill (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-349-52055-8, 978-0-230-51240-5
DOI
10.1057/9780230512405
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26578815 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 220\224
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
Criminology and Criminal Justicegeneral;Regional and Cultural Studiesgeneral;Sociology of Sport and Leisure;Popular Sci

Description

This book presents a critical portrait of the British police through a detailed ethnography of their work at football matches. Megan O'Neill not only sheds light on a topic of intense media interest, football hooliganism, but also presents the police in a totally fresh perspective. By using the work of Erving Goffman, she demonstrates how the police are a far from unified force. Their informal interaction 'teams' divide them operationally and socially.

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