Aggressive spectators in sporting milieus: A test of Situational Action Theory

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Global Crime Pub Date : 2023-05-19 DOI:10.1080/17440572.2023.2214795

Saeed Kabiri, S. Shadmanfaat, R. C. Perkins, Hadley Wellen, C. J. Howell, John K. Cochran, Hayden P. Smith

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Violence among spectators in sports is a global phenomenon posing hazards for players, match officials, and other participants. Despite its widespread prevalence, scant criminological research has investigated the matter. To fill this void, this study examines the predictive efficacy of key theoretical constructs derived from Situational Action Theory on aggressive behaviour among a sample of 384 soccer spectators in Iran. Results reveal that crime propensity, criminogenic exposure, action alternatives, and choice have direct effects on spectator engagement in violent behaviour. Furthermore, results demonstrate that crime propensity and criminogenic exposure (propensity*exposure) and action alternatives and choice (action alternatives*choice) interact to increase violence among sport spectators in a manner consistent with the theory. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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体育环境中的攻击性观众：情境行动理论的检验

体育比赛中观众之间的暴力行为是一个全球性的现象，给运动员、比赛官员和其他参与者带来了危险。尽管这种现象普遍存在，但很少有犯罪学研究对其进行调查。为了填补这一空白，本研究在384名伊朗足球观众的样本中，检验了情境行动理论对攻击行为的关键理论结构的预测效果。结果表明，犯罪倾向、犯罪源暴露、行动选择和选择对暴力行为的观众参与有直接影响。此外，研究结果表明，犯罪倾向和犯罪暴露(倾向*暴露)以及行动选择和选择(行动选择*选择)相互作用，以符合理论的方式增加体育观众的暴力行为。讨论了理论和政策影响。

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Global Crime CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

4.50%

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期刊介绍： Global Crime is a social science journal devoted to the study of crime broadly conceived. Its focus is deliberately broad and multi-disciplinary and its first aim is to make the best scholarship on crime available to specialists and non-specialists alike. It endorses no particular orthodoxy and draws on authors from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, criminology, economics, political science, anthropology and area studies. The editors welcome contributions on any topic relating to crime, including organized criminality, its history, activities, relations with the state, its penetration of the economy and its perception in popular culture.