Sport, violence and society

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Kevin, 1959-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A history of violence : definitions, theories and perspectives
  • 2. Player violence : the drift to criminalization
  • 3. Crowd violence : from hooliganism to post-event riots
  • 4. Formations of sports-related violence : widening the focus
  • 5. Risk, pain and injury in sport : a cause or effect of violence?
  • 6. Sport in the panopticon : the social control of SRV
  • 7. An eye on SRV : the role of the media
  • 8. Stratified SRV : stasis and change.