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Is the ref blind? Crime and punishment in English Premier League football
Author(s) -
Goddard John
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2007.00227.x
Subject(s) - football , league , punishment (psychology) , criminology , football team , economic justice , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , physics , astronomy
Justice is traditionally portrayed as being blind; so are football referees, but for different reasons. For years, football managers have been complaining that referees are inconsistent, and biased in favour of home teams. Recently, a team of university researchers has investigated whether or not there is any factual or statistical basis for such claims. John Goddard describes their findings.