Policing Football - Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder

Informationen zum Autor MEGAN O'NEILL is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements PART I Introduction: Football, Policing and the Excitement of Mundane Sociology Previous Research Government Reports and Legislation PART II Uniformed Police Constables Mobile Constables, Detectives and Spotters Senior Officers Women Police Constables CCTV Operators and Stewards PART III Conclusion: The Big Implications of Small Teams Notes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements PART I Introduction: Football, Policing and the Excitement of Mundane Sociology Previous Research Government Reports and Legislation PART II Uniformed Police Constables Mobile Constables, Detectives and Spotters Senior Officers Women Police Constables CCTV Operators and Stewards PART III Conclusion: The Big Implications of Small Teams Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Megan neill, O&apos, M O'Neill, M. O'Neill, Megan O'Neill
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2005
• EAN: 9781403941183
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4118-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, sports, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Criminology, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sport Science, Sport: general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Urban Sociology, Sport Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sports—Sociological aspects, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Culture—Study and teaching, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Popular Science in Sports, interaction;media;police;sociology