A Thematic Analysis of Spectator Violence at Sporting Events in North America

Block, Steven; Lesneskie, Eric

doi:10.1080/01639625.2017.1409984

Cited by 11 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 50 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…These advances involve scholarship concerning new laws designed to create legal consequences and an expanded role for law enforcement to address these challenges. Inappropriate spectator behaviors can be characterized as common, impulsive, and with limited legal consequences (Fields et al, 2007 ; Goldstein and Iso-Ahola, 2008 ; Walters et al, 2016 ; Block and Lesneskie, 2018 ). Negative spectator behaviors (often represented by parent misconduct) predict negative athletic behaviors of children and reduced enjoyment for all participants (Arthur-Banning et al, 2009 ; Bean et al, 2014 ; Logan and Cuff, 2019 ).…”

Section: Discussion Of Current Advancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…impulsive, and with limited legal consequences (Fields et al, 2007;Goldstein and Iso-Ahola, 2008;Walters et al, 2016;Block and Lesneskie, 2018). Negative spectator behaviors (often represented by parent misconduct) predict negative athletic behaviors of children and reduced enjoyment for all participants (Arthur-Banning et al, 2009;Bean et al, 2014;Logan and Cuff, 2019).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Perspective: Advancing spectator behavior research in youth sports through a closer examination of racial differences

Reynolds¹,

Chaney²,

Huffman³

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Inappropriate spectator behaviors are a recognized challenge within both amateur and youth sport settings. These behaviors occur during youth sports contests and involve several sources of interaction, and impact the experience of child athletes, coaches, parents, and referees Spectator misconduct reflects a failure to self-regulate amidst disagreement with the coaching practices, officials, and poor performance from children. Despite widespread recognition of spectator misconduct and an emphasis by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to improve parent behavior, limited empirical research is available to promote understanding of both contributors to these actions, more specifically, what parents are observing from others and the frequency of such behaviors. A path to enhance research in this area is a closer examination of intersectionality, especially race and its influence upon parent observations and their personal behaviors as youth sport spectators. Based on research conducted in Louisiana, this perspective piece reflects on a study that found race as a contributing factor to differences in spectating behaviors of parents. The authors unpack the nuances of these findings through a lens of both Critical Race Theory (CRT) and implicit bias and provide a platform for future study, especially in states such as Louisiana where laws and the role of police have been advanced to mitigate spectator behaviors in youth sport settings.

show abstract

Section: Discussion Of Current Advancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective: Advancing spectator behavior research in youth sports through a closer examination of racial differences

Reynolds¹,

Chaney²,

Huffman³

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The significance of sport events as social phenomena (e.g., identities, rituals, spectator violence, class and status differences, racial formations, progressive stances, etc.) is surely complex (see Block and Lesneskie 2018; Bourdieu 1984; Carrington 2013; Delgado 1999; Hartmann 2012). However, unlike the attendance at museums and live theaters, it is safe to assume that humanist qualities do not mainly influence either the production of sport events or the attendance at sport events.…”

Section: Conceptual Scope Of the Study And Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Openness in Taste Directly Associated with Tolerance? Exploring a Relationship between Openness in Taste in Leisure Consumption and Attitudes toward Immigrants

Paredes

2021

Humanity & Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Openness in taste—presented in this study as the “backbone” of cultural omnivorousness—represents a standard of sophistication typical of cosmopolitan societies in accordance with the inclusive standards of cultural omnivorousness. In this study, I explore whether a specific case of openness in taste corresponds to a greater tolerance toward immigrants in the metropolitan research setting of Houston, Texas. This case study focuses on two different types of leisure activities: attendance at museums and live theaters, and attendance at sport events as highbrow and lowbrow activities, respectively. Using regression analysis, I examine whether the expected direct association between attendance at museums and live theaters and attendance at sport events varies by different degrees of tolerance toward immigrants. I find that openness in taste is not associated with a greater tolerance toward immigrants. Consequently, this case exemplifies how the sophistication attributed to openness in taste founded on cosmopolitan standards could be banal. I propose an alternative conceptual approach for discussing cases of openness in taste founded on entertainment such as the presented in this study, which might be useful for studying culture consumption and omnivorousness.

show abstract

“…Alcohol consumption is associated with problems such as disturbances, vandalism and violence and this also applies to sporting events [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Moreover, alcohol-related problems at sporting events not only negatively affect the individuals, but also others and society as a whole, because these events often require police presence and impact public transportation and healthcare services [10,[12][13][14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of a multi‐component alcohol prevention intervention at sporting events: a quasi‐experimental control group study

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and aims Alcohol intoxication among spectators and related problems are common at sporting events. This study estimated the impact a multi‐component community‐based alcohol prevention intervention, implemented at Swedish Premier Football (soccer) League matches, had on intoxication levels among spectators and refusal rates of alcohol service to, and arena entry of, obviously intoxicated spectators. Design A quasi‐experimental controlled study using a repeated cross‐sectional design. Setting and participants Spectators and sport arenas in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden. Intervention and comparator The intervention was implemented in Stockholm and consisted of community mobilisation and collaboration, training of staff and improved enforcement and policy work. Gothenburg was the comparison area and received usual care. Measurements Primary outcomes were spectators’ mean breath alcohol concentration (BrAC), proportion of spectators with high intoxication levels, (defined as BrAC ≥0.1%), overserving at licensed premises inside arenas and refused arena entry of obviously intoxicated spectators. Baseline data were collected during 2015 and follow‐up during 2016 and 2017. Findings BrAC assessments (n = 10 188), arena entry attempts (n = 201) and alcohol purchase attempts at premises inside arenas (n = 495) were collected. There was evidence that the refusal rates of alcohol purchase at premises inside arenas improved differently between study areas and over time (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.28, 95% CI = 0.07, 1.06, P = 0.060, Bayes factor [BF] = 8.60). In both study areas, the arena entry refusal rates improved over time (aOR = 5.87, 95% CI = 1.16, 29.83, P = 0.033, BF = 17.7), but evidence that the rates improved differently between study areas and over time was equivocal (aOR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.09, 3.56, P = 0.543, BF = 1.2). Mean BrAC levels decreased over time in both study areas (β = −0.032, 95% CI = −0.050, −0.015, P < 0.001), and differently (β = 0.104, 95% CI = 0.061, 0.146, P < 0.001), but evidence for an interaction effect was equivocal (β = −0.002, 95% CI = −0.022, 0.018, P = 0.868, BF = 1.0). Evidence was equivocal regarding whether the proportion of spectators with high intoxication levels decreased differently between study areas and over time (aOR = 1.17, 95% CI = 0.91, 1.50, P = 0.220, BF = 2.2). Conclusions A multi‐component community‐based alcohol prevention intervention at sporting events may have increased staff intervention toward obviously intoxicated spectators. It was not clear whether this translated into a reduction in intoxication, which can be explained by improvements in the comparison area.

show abstract

A Thematic Analysis of Spectator Violence at Sporting Events in North America

Cited by 11 publications

References 50 publications

Perspective: Advancing spectator behavior research in youth sports through a closer examination of racial differences

Perspective: Advancing spectator behavior research in youth sports through a closer examination of racial differences

Is Openness in Taste Directly Associated with Tolerance? Exploring a Relationship between Openness in Taste in Leisure Consumption and Attitudes toward Immigrants

Effects of a multi‐component alcohol prevention intervention at sporting events: a quasi‐experimental control group study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About