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A seven page paper which looks at some of the underlying social and cultural factors which have influenced the growth of football hooliganism in Britain and Europe, such as alcohol consumption and the rise of subcultures. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JL5_JLfball.rtf
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in recent years, it not something which is peculiar to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Various historical accounts of the origins and development of the game, dating back to the
fourteenth century, make reference to supporters and players indulging in unacceptably violent behaviour of one form or another. However, since in more recent years the popularity of the sport has
become almost universal and the scale of both spectator participation and associated violent behaviour patterns have increased, studies have focused much more closely on the underlying causes of hooliganism and
the measures which ought to be taken to counter it. For the
most part, distinctions have been made between the behaviour of British and European fans, since there is a long-standing perception that not only did hooliganism originate in Britain, but it
is still British fans who are primarily responsible for perpetuating it. In comparison with other European countries, this is to a certain extent a valid point: although exuberant and lively
behaviour is common to football fans in various countries, this is not necessarily associated with aggression or violence to the same degree as has been documented in Britain.
In the 1980s, as Smith (2002) points out, the main focus of sociological research into
football hooliganism was on prevention and containment rather than detailed analysis of its causes: he notes that most of the proposals of the Conservative government of the time centred on
separating good fans from bad: the construction of all-seating stadiums, issue of supporters ID cards, increased policing and the restriction of sales of alcohol, for instance. This, he asserts, demonstrates
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