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football hooliganism  

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  • Football hooliganism has no legal definition; neither is it a social scientific nor social psychological concept. Instead, it is a socially constructed generic term that is popularly used—especially by the police, politicians, and the media—to describe the disorderly behavior of football (soccer) supporters. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Football Hooliganism]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/football_hooliganism

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