Sports Violence
Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, a
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Springer Series in Social Psychology Advisory Editor: Robert F. Kidd
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SSSP Sports Violence Edited by Jeffrey H. Goldstein
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Springer-Verlag New York Berlin
Heidelberg Tokyo
Jeffrey H. Goldstein Department of Psychology Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 U.S.A.
Robert F. Kidd, Advisory Editor Department of Psychology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 U.S.A.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Sports violence. (Springer series in social psychology) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes Contents: Introduction / Jeffrey H. Goldstein-Roman sports violence / Allen Guttman-Unsporting behavior / Wray Vamplew-[etc.] 1. Violence in sports-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Aggressiveness (Psychology)-Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Goldstein, Jeffrey H. II. Series. GV706.7.S66 1983 796 83-6574
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Preface
Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary sports. Violence in sports is among the relatively neglected issues of serious study. Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory and research to examine in detail aggression within and surrounding sports. As such, it seeks to present the broadest possible range of interpretations and perspectives. The book is, therefore, both interdisciplinary and international in sco
