Sport riots: A social-psychological review

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-378

  Russell, Gordon W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fans; Riots; Spectators; Sports; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CIVIL DISORDER; COGNITION; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCITEMENT; FIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; NOISE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2542441416     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(03)00031-4     Document Type: Review

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