AN EVALUATION OF TURKISH POLICE OFFICER’S VIEW ON VIOLENCE IN FOOTBALL AND HOOLIGANISM

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The purpose of this study is to reveal the view of Turkish police officer on violence in football and hooliganism with the case of Mugla province. A universe of the study consists of police officers working in the Riot Police Unit who are tasked with providing the security for football events and other sport events. 70 police officers working for Mugla Provincial Riot Police Branch Office constitute of a sample of the study. In this research, “The Questionnaire of A View on Hooliganism” comprising 35 questions and developed by Celik in 2007 with the purpose of finding out the riot police officers’ demographic information, participants’ opinion concerning current laws and regulations, a prevention of spectator’s aggression, a coordination with other security units and institutions, practices in the stadium, educational subjects and solution recommendations is conducted as a data collection tool. A validity of the questionnaire has been tested and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient has been calculated as 0,83. The collected data has been analyzed using SPSS 14 package program. Frequency, percentage and avarage is used for analyzing socio-demographic profile of subjects. According to the analysis, the violence in the stadium originating from irresponsible spectators is accounted for 84%, and the role of media has 48%. From the views concerning current law and regulations, 55% of the subjects reply “partially sufficient”. 68% of them states that a security of the event should be transferred into private security services. 84% of the subjects indicates that it should be extra payment as long as police officers are tasked. To conclusion, participants indicate that the current “A Violence in Sports Law” is not literally address the needs, it should be pursued different policies concerning the prevention of spectators’ aggressions, a coordination with other institutions and especially with judicial authorities is not ensured, a security in the stadium should be provided by private security services, police officers are indifferent towards improvements and alterations in the safety of sports, and they are not educated enough in this field.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sports, Football, Violence, Hooliganism, Police officer.

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