"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
Hooliganism in Sport: Crowd Violence and Destructive Fan Behavior
1.
2. Hooliganism in sport
One of the earliest known instances of crowd violence at a sporting
event took place in ancient Constantinople. Two chariot racing factions,
the Blues and the Greens, were involved in the Nika riots
3. Hooliganism refers to:
Unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behavior, associated
with sports fans, particularly football. The term can also apply to general
rowdy behavior and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol and
or drugs.
4. Donal MacIntyre
He is an investigative journalist, specializing in hard
hitting investigations.
Headhunters were infiltrated by him for a documentary
screened on BBC, in which MacIntyre posed as a
wannabe-member of the Chelsea Headhunters.
Jason Marriner, “nightmare” a member of the Chelsea
Headhunters was sentenced to six years in prison,
based on evidence captured by Donal MacIntyre and
his team. MacIntyre was placed under Police
protection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ_Lr5MlEbM
5. Crowd psychology is a branch
of social psychology.
• Ordinary people can typically gain direct power by acting
collectively.
• The main idea of Sigmund Freud's crowd behavior theory is that
people who are in a crowd act differently, the minds of the group
would merge to form a way of thinking. Each member's enthusiasm
would be increased as a result.
• Theories:
1.- Contagion Theory
2.- Convergence Theory
3.- Emergent-Norm Theory In a crow roles may be vague and
changing.
• There are a collection of books of headhunters and hooliganism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyi_0u-htl8&feature=related