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.
Innehållsförteckning
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 IndexOm författaren
MEGAN O’NEILL is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK.
Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 220 ● ISBN 9780230512405 ● Filstorlek 26.6 MB ● Utgivare Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Stad London ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2005 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2305939 ● Kopieringsskydd Social DRM