Reviews
"A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."--Choice "A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."--Choice "While readers are being exposed to a great amount of great amount of social psychological theory and research, the material [in this book] is presented in a far more inviting fashion than what is found in a typical social psychology text. To elaborate, Russell's writing style is extraordinarily clear in a unique manner. Those with no background in social psychology will be able to come away from this text with a fairly solid knowledge base to build on...[This] is a great text that is sure to please social psychologists, aggression scholars, students of psychology, those interested in athletics, and laypeople alike."--PsycCritiques "...a comprehensive survey of the most recent and important research in the study of sports aggression, is both international and interdisciplinary in scope, and includes coverage of a variety of initiatives that are being, or have been, developed to prevent or minimize the severity of riots and panics...For all those wanting a broad overview of aggression in and surrounding sport, Russell's text is a valuable reference book for regular consultation."--Idrottsforum.org, "A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."--Choice"While readers are being exposed to a great amount of great amount of social psychological theory and research, the material [in this book] is presented in a far more inviting fashion than what is found in a typical social psychology text. To elaborate, Russell's writing style is extraordinarily clear in a unique manner. Those with no background in social psychology will be able to come away from this text with a fairly solid knowledge base to build on...[This] is a great text that is sure to please social psychologists, aggression scholars, students of psychology, those interested in athletics, and laypeople alike."--PsycCritiques"...a comprehensive survey of the most recent and important research in the study of sports aggression, is both international and interdisciplinary in scope, and includes coverage of a variety of initiatives that are being, or have been, developed to prevent or minimize the severity of riots and panics...For all those wanting a broad overview of aggression in and surrounding sport, Russell's text is a valuable reference book for regular consultation."--Idrottsforum.org, "A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."--Choice"A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."--Choice"While readers are being exposed to a great amount of great amount of social psychological theory and research, the material [in this book] is presented in a far more inviting fashion than what is found in a typical social psychology text. To elaborate, Russell's writing style is extraordinarily clear in a unique manner. Those with no background in social psychology will be able to come away from this text with a fairly solid knowledge base to build on...[This]is a great text that is sure to please social psychologists, aggression scholars, students of psychology, those interested in athletics, and laypeople alike."--PsycCritiques"...a comprehensive survey of the most recent and important research in the study of sports aggression, is both international and interdisciplinary in scope, and includes coverage of a variety of initiatives that are being, or have been, developed to prevent or minimize the severity of riots and panics...For all those wanting a broad overview of aggression in and surrounding sport, Russell's text is a valuable reference book for regularconsultation."--Idrottsforum.org, "A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."-- Choice "A worthy addition to the literature. Recommended."-- Choice "While readers are being exposed to a great amount of great amount of social psychological theory and research, the material [in this book] is presented in a far more inviting fashion than what is found in a typical social psychology text. To elaborate, Russell's writing style is extraordinarily clear in a unique manner. Those with no background in social psychology will be able to come away from this text with a fairly solid knowledge base to build on...[This] is a great text that is sure to please social psychologists, aggression scholars, students of psychology, those interested in athletics, and laypeople alike."-- PsycCritiques "...a comprehensive survey of the most recent and important research in the study of sports aggression, is both international and interdisciplinary in scope, and includes coverage of a variety of initiatives that are being, or have been, developed to prevent or minimize the severity of riots and panics...For all those wanting a broad overview of aggression in and surrounding sport, Russell's text is a valuable reference book for regular consultation."-- Idrottsforum.org