1. Introduction -- Definitions --Interpretations -- Solutions --
2. Roman Sports Violence --Sports Violence -- Spectator Violence --
Conclusion --
3. Unsporting Behavior: The Control of Football and Horse-Racing Crowds in England, 1875-1914 --Types of Crowd Disorder --Crowd-Control Measures --
Some Limits of Crowd Control --
4. What Is Sports Violence? A Sociolegal Perspective --
A Typology of Sports Violence -- Conclusion --
5. Athletic Aggression: A Moral Concern --The Ambiguity of Violence --
The Valuing of Violence --The Psychological Nature of Morality --
The Psychological Nature of Aggression --
Athletic Aggression as a Social-Conventional Issue --
Moral Reasoning and Aggressive Behavior --Conclusions --
6. Perceived Injustice and Sports Violence --
Some Examples of Justice-Based Sports Violence --
Overview -- Definition of Perceived Injustice --
Previous Claims About Justice and Sports Violence --
Other Causes of Sports Violence --
Perceived Injustices in Sports: A Typology and Some Recommendations --
What Society Can Learn from Sports -- Are Sports Special? - Conclusion --
7. Aggressive Behavior of Soccer Players as Social Interaction --
Soccer as a Field for Studying Aggressive Interaction --
Aggressive Behavior as Social Interaction --
Aggressive Interaction and Its Evaluation in Professional Soccer: Two Case Studies --
The Referee's Power of Interpretation -- Conclusions --
8. Social Bonding and Violence in Sport: A Theoretical-Empirical Analysis --
Towards a Typology of Human Violence --
Sports and Violence in Developmental Perspective --
Violence and the Transformation of Social Bonds --
Segmental Bonding and the Sociogenesis of Affective Violence --
9. Sports, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution: Problems of Substance and Methodology --
Factual Accounts and Theoretical Explanations -- A Short Review --
A Structural Interpretation of the Sports Contest --
Some Methodological Observations and Structural Theory --
Conclusion: Instead of a Comprehensive Theory --
Some Praxeological Advances for Sports Policy - Summary --
10. Psychological Issues in Sports Aggression --
Valves, Vents, and Drains: The Catharsis Hypothesis -- Outcome -- Conclusions --
11. Olympic Games Participation and Warfare --A Test of the Hypotheses --
Conclusions --
12. Sports Violence and the Media --The Presence and Nature of Sports Violence --
Does Aggression Increase Spectators' Enjoyment of Sports? --
Media Exploitation of Sports Violence --Where Will It All End? --
Author Index.