Sports and Safety Management

by Steve Frosdick, Lynne Walley

Overview

Sport and Safety Management is a comprehensive and practical handbook for all involved with the safe management of sporting events.



Disasters such as Hillsborough have concentrated managers' minds on public safety and crowd control at all major events. Sport and Safety Management provides necessary advice and guidance for all such managers. Contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the sports management field, bring together all the strands of research, best practice and advice for managing the safety of all sports stadia.

Sport and Safety Management is ideal for practitioners, planners and all those studying or interested in the subject. Whilst focusing on the British experience, this book is an essential source of learning for the international world of public assembly facilities management.

Steve Frosdick is a company director and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Bradford Management Centre. He is a Member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and an Associate Member of the Football Safety Officers' Association.

Lynne Walley is an academic lawyer with interests in criminal law and juvenile offending. She is the Deputy Head of the Centre for Public Services Management and Research at Staffordshire University.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136364334
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/17/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Steve Frosdick, Lynne Walley

Table of Contents

Part 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 Beyond football hooliganism, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 2 The failure of ‘legislation by crisis’, Dominic Elliott, Steve Frosdick, Denis Smith; Part 2 ACCOUNTABILITY; Chapter 3 Risk as blame, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 4 The changing face of criminal liability, Lynne Walley; Chapter 5 Who is liable? – a police perspective, Alan Beckley; Chapter 6 The origins and role of the Football Licensing Authority, John de Quidt; Part 3 THEORY; Chapter 7 Waiting for the next one: Management attitudes to safety in the UK football industry, Dominic Eiliott, Denis Smith; Chapter 8 Understanding cultural complexity, Steve Frosdick, Gerald Mars; Chapter 9 Cultural complexity in the British stadia safety industry, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 10 Safety cultures in British sports grounds, Steve Frosdick; Part 4 PRACTICE; Chapter 11 Designing for safety, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 12 Safety risks in stadia and sports grounds, Mel Highmore; Chapter 13 Crowd risks in sports grounds, Clive Warne; Chapter 14 Risky business, Glyn Wootton, Peter Mills; Chapter 15 The evolution of safety management and stewarding at football grounds, Steve Frosdick, John Sidney; Chapter 16 Playing away in Europe, Steve Frosdick, Mike HoIford, John Sidney; Chapter 17 Policing Euro ’96, Bryan Drew; Part 5 VISION; Chapter 18 The strategic development of sports safety management, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 19 Managing risk in public assembly facilities, Steve Frosdick; Chapter 20 How are we doing? where are we going?, Lynne Walley;

Editorial Reviews

Inspired by disasters that took the lives of British soccer fans, these 20 articles focus on how to manage British sports stadia and other public assembly venues with an eye towards improving safety and reducing the risk of disasters. Five sections include an overview of the safety situation as well as discussions of legal accountability, theory of safety culture, the practice of safety design, and recommendations for the future development of risk management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'I was interested to read Steve Frosdick and Lynne Walley's recent book on Sport and Safety Management. I feel sure it will be a useful reference tool for all those involved in sports grounds safety.'
Tony Banks MP, Minister for Sport

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