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Policing Football

Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder

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  • © 2005

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  1. Megan O’Neill
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Football, Policing and the Excitement of Mundane Sociology

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      Pages 3-17

    3. Previous Research

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      Pages 18-44

    4. Government Reports and Football Legislation

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      Pages 45-55

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Uniformed Police Constables

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      Pages 59-95

    3. Mobile Constables, Detectives and Football Spotters

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      Pages 96-131

    4. Senior Officers

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      Pages 132-153

    5. Women Police Constables

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      Pages 154-168

    6. CCTV Operators and Stewards

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      Pages 169-186

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 186-186
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    2. Conclusion: The Big Implications of Small Teams

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      Pages 189-200

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 201-220
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About this book

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.

About the author

MEGAN O'NEILL is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK.

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