Features of the investigation of hooliganism committed by football fans

• Viktor Boiarov Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-505X
• Mikhail Larkin Zaporizhzhia National University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4676-460X
• Oleh Kyrychenko Dnipro humanitarian university https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2046-9522
• Sergey Penkov Dnipro humanitarian university https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4044-5824
• Oleh Kruhlov Berdyansk State Pedagogical University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-1323

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.32

Keywords: football, football fans, hooliganism, investigations, methodical recommendations

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of some features of the investigation of football hooliganism. The current state and trends of football hooliganism are considered (including during the COVID-19 pandemic). The main problems faced by the investigation authorities during the detection and investigation of football hooliganism have been identified. In the process of working on the article, the scientific literature on informal youth groups, the fight against extremism, the investigation of group crimes of football fans was analyzed. The purpose of the study is to identify and study the features of the investigation of hooliganism committed by football fans. The object of research is the peculiarities of the investigation of hooliganism committed by football fans. During the writing of the article, the following methods were used: observation, analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, extrapolation, modeling, and information approach. As a result of the conducted research, the modern tendencies of football hooliganism are defined. Emphasis is placed on the peculiarities of the transformation of football fans. The principal problems of detection and investigation of football hooliganism are outlined, recommendations for prevention and counteraction to crimes committed by football fans are developed.

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