Review article

Sport and violence: a contribution to ethical, sociological and psychoneurobiological considerations

Amir Muzur orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-6733 ; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia
Iva Rinčić orcid.org/0000-0003-1028-8813 ; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Even though some authors feel that (fan) violence in sport cannot be explained, this paper tries to go beyond the usual approaches which try to identify the cause of fan violence by looking into social relations, individual frustrations, alcohol abuse, etc. The authors of this paper accept the importance of these motives, but they believe that they are just side-effects and triggers, and that violence is inherent to some sports, especially those that involve two opposing teams. This is particularly true of the sports were athletes exhibit a great deal of competitiveness or a high level of expectance because these are later resolved by aggression.

Keywords

sport; violence; aggressivity

Hrčak ID:

68721

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/68721

Publication date:

1.5.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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