@article{ref1,
title="A qualitative examination of police officers' perception of football supporters",
journal="Police practice and research",
year="2015",
author="Havelund, Jonas and Joern, Lise and Rasmussen, Kristian",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="65-78",
abstract="Several studies stress the importance of thorough knowledge of supporter culture in order to assess the actual level of risk at football matches thereby ensuring a balanced approach by the police in order to avoid conflict situations. This study examines how Danish police officers perceive and categorise football supporters on the basis of a field-based observational study and a qualitative interview study undertaken at the East Jutland Police department in Denmark in the period 2008-2009. The main findings show a general lack of knowledge of supporter culture as well as scepticism towards engaging in dialogue with football supporters. As a consequence of these findings, the East Jutland Police department initiated an educational programme on dialogue policing in 2010. The programme has been successfully evaluated and is now implemented on a national basis.  Keywords: Soccer<p />",
language="en",
issn="1561-4263",
doi="10.1080/15614263.2013.865184",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2013.865184"
}