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how can social psychology explain football crowd hooliganism
evidence for why football crowd hooliganism is an issue?
in 2016 Euro’s 16 required hospital treatment due to throwing bottles and lit flares
why is football crowd hooliganism a contemporary issue?
valuable resources are being used, ambulances and police
how can social identity theory explain football crowd hooliganism?
claims that prejudice is caused by formation of groups. social categorisation is forming groups, social identification is wearing football scarves and social comparison is where the in-group degrades the out-group
how can realistic conflict theory explain football crowd hooliganism?
intergroup conflict is the two groups actually coming into contact. the limited resource is the trophy or cup that can only be won by one team