Aggression in the sports world a social psychological perspective

They are familiar scenes - sports fans turning on each other in acts of violence, and mobs of sports fans flooding onto the field or out into the streets. This book aims to discover if there is something inherent in the competitive sport setting that produces this frequently dangerous behaviour

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Gordon W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2008, 2008
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