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Policing Football

Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder

M O'Neill author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave USA

Published:11th Oct '05

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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