Introduction / Matt Hopkins and James Treadwell --;PART I. FOOTBALL AS A CRIME GENERATOR. 1. The Football 'Hotspot' Matrix / Justin Kurland, Nick Tilley and Shane D. Johnson --;2. Talking Prada and Powder: Cocaine Use and Supply Amongst the Football Hooligan Firm / James Treadwell and Tammy Ayres --;3. 'We've got the equivalent of Passchendaele': Sectarianism, Football and Urban Disorder in Scotland / John Flint and Ryan Powell --;4. The Hollow Victory of Antiracism in English Football / Jon Garland and Michael Rowe --;5. Crime in the Boardroom: Extending the Focus Beyond Football Fans / Graham Brooks --;PART II. EXPLORING FAN BEHAVIOURS IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA AGE. 6. The Last of the Working Class Subcultures to Die? Real Tales of Football Hooligans in the Global Media Age / Steve Redhead --;7. The Hooligan Film Factory: Football Violence in High Definition / Emma Poulton --;8. Playing on a Different Pitch: Ethnographic Research on Football Crowds / Geoff Pearson --;PART III. CRIMINALISATION, CONTROL AND CROWD MANAGEMENT. 9. Criminalising Football Fans in an Age of Intolerance / Stuart Waiton --;10. Football Banning Orders: the Highly Effective Cornerstone of a Preventative Strategy? / Matt Hopkins and Niall Hamilton-Smith --;11. Policing Football 'Hooliganism': Crowds, Context and Identity / Clifford Stott --;12. Justice for the 96? Hillsborough, Politics and English Football / John Williams.
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Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies.