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Stott, CJT, Havelund, J and Williams, N (2018) Policing football crowds in Sweden. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. ISSN 1404-3858
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Abstract
The policing football crowds in Sweden is underpinned by a national coordination approach based upon a set of conflict reducing principles and supported by crowd theory (Reicher et al., 2004). The approach is referred to as the Special Police Tactic (SPT). While focused on police capacity to exercise force, the SPT also gives primacy to tactics based upon communication, in the form of Dialogue Police. Existing research on the SPT focuses exclusively on the policing of protest crowds. This paper extends the existing literature by reporting on a large scale three-year observational research project examining the SPT as it is applied to football fixtures involving several of Sweden’s major football clubs. On the basis of our analysis we draw out how policing operations in line with facilitation and communication were associated with effective outcomes. However, we also highlight deficiencies in national coordination and coherence as well as highlighting important innovations with regard to approaches to dialogue with football fans. We explore the implications of our analysis for theoretical understanding of effective football crowd management and engagement with fan culture.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Taylor & Francis at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/scri20/current - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | dialogue, conflict, football, hooliganism, crowd management, policing |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV1 Criminology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2018 14:01 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2020 01:30 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5231 |