Section 3A Flashcards
What are the key (3) dimensions of SRV?
SRV is not uni-dimensional- rather it is multi-dimensional
SRV is global (wherever sport is taken seriously)
SRV is affected by social change
What kinds of SRV have been most heavily researched?
Soccer hooliganism and icehockey violence
How have soccer hooliganism and ice hockey violence been studied in sociology?
Figurational approach- used to study crowd disorder and other elements of SRV.
How does Norbert Elias’ “The civilizing process” make sense of SRV?
Our tolerance level (threshold of repugnance) for violence has decreased, control of violence now lies in the hands of the State.
How does Steven Pinker’s “Better Angels of our Nature” make sense of SRV?
Abraham Lincoln famously invoked the human ability to become more empathetic and restrained over time.
What is committing sociology?
When we try to understand why violence happened rather than seeking to act and punish.
What are the two facets of SRV?
1) Direct acts of physical violence contained within or outside the rules of the game that result in injury to persons, animals, or property
2) Harmful or potential harmful acts conducted in the context of sport that produce injury or that violate human justices and civil liberties.
What are some things in the context zone on the SRV wheel which explains some reasons why SRV happens?
History, culture, power, combined with religion, emotion, biology, genetics, gender/sexuality, age, science, law, technology
What are some things in the action zone of the SRV wheel?
Sexual assault, athletes and street crimes, player violence away from game, partner abuse/domestic violence, parental abuse, sexism/racism.
Who said “if there is one unique feature that sets war apart from all other sociological phenomena, this must be its staggering gender asymmetry”
Sinisa Malesevic
