Policing Football
Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave USA
Published:11th Oct '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
MEGAN O'NEILL is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK.
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.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.
ISBN: 9781403941183
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 483g
220 pages