Citation

Ham T. Tijdschr. Criminol. 2017; 59(4): 393-405.

Vernacular Title

Vechten op afspraak

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Boom juridisch)

DOI

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Abstract

Collective violence around football has been a topic of research since the 1980s. In the Netherlands, in recent decades the size and severity of this problem have declined sharply and the number of incidents has stabilized due to measures. At the same time, these measures have resulted in an increase of football-related incidents outside of and other days than match days. Confrontations based upon prior mutual agreements, so-called arranged confrontations, are an example of this. Based on multiple research methods, in this article the underlying causes of organized confrontations and processes are influencing individual participation are addressed.

RESULTS show that this type of collective violence and partaking in it has various causes and explanations.

collective, violence, hooliganism, organized confrontations, group dynamics

Language: nl