Open AccessPain and suffering in football
Author(s) -
Heloísa Helena Baldy dos Reis,
Felipe Tavares Paes Lopes,
Mariana Zuaneti Martins,
Ramón Spaaij
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista brasileira de educação física e esporte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1981-4690
pISSN - 1807-5509
DOI - 10.11606/issn.1981-4690.v33i2p277-292
Subject(s) - newspaper , spectacle , football , criminology , advertising , christian ministry , economic justice , political science , geography , sociology , law , business
In this article we aimed to describe and analyze the extent and nature of deaths related to the football spectacle in Brazil. So, we used and crossed data from different sources – field journals, academic books, reports from the Ministry of Justice and websites of security associations and of major Brazilian magazines and newspapers. We conclude that the geographic distribution of these deaths are directly related to the“weight” of each Brazilian region. We also observed that most of these deaths are originated in clashes between fans and in conflicts with the police, caused by the adoption of reactive and repressive strategies by the police. Furthermore, we point out that many of the deaths occurred outside stadiums and involved the use of firearms, as a result of the easy access to these weapons and possibly by a change of attitude ofthe most violent groups about their use.