| Abstract: | "Hooliganism" is a phenomenon born in the motherland of football: England. But nowadays we all are the non-volunteer spectators of this subculture form of violence and vandalism across the European continent, e.g. in Belgium, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and so on. This article is an introduction into the West German Hooligan Scene to learn more about the social, sociological, psychological, criminal backgrounds, characters and causes for a better understanding to solve this multifunctional problem: by police, society and policy. |
