Sport et ordre public : la prévention et la lutte contre la violence dans les manifestations sportives

Abstract

Sport and Public Policy : the Prevention of, and Fight Against, Violence at Sporting Events. While the violence of football supporters — known as hooliganism — is its most widespread form, spectator violence also occurs at other kinds of sporting events. In particular, the development of other forms of violence during matches taking place in certain sensitive urban areas deserves to be highlighted. This kind of threat to public order and the security of people and property has led to reactions on the part of public authorities, as much at the national as the European level (Council of Europe and the European Union).