Football Hooliganism in Europe

ANASTASSIA TSOUKALA is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sport Sciences at the University of Paris XI and Research Fellow at Paris V-Sorbonne University, France. Her research centres on the design and implementation of security policies in Europe with regard to football hooliganism, counterterrorism and immigration, and on the social construction of threat.

Introduction PART I: CLEAR CONTOURS (1965-1985) Early Academic Theories A Non-Specific Legal Framework Divergent Policing Styles The Social Construction of 'Otherness' PART II: BLURRED BOUNDARIES (1985-1997) The Vibrancy of the Academic Community Paradoxical Legal Specificity Convergent Policing Styles The General Acceptance of 'Otherness' PART III: SPLINTERED CONTOURS (1997-2008) The Academic Community Runs out of Steam Legal Vagueness The Decompartmentalization of Policing The Consensus Around Security Notes Bibliography