Research Report
Details
Citation
Foster R & Myant K (2017) Charges reported under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 in 2016-17, Scottish Government Social Research. Scottish Government. Social Research series. Edinburgh. https://www.gov.scot/publications/charges-reported-under-offensive-behaviour-football-threatening-communications-scotland-act/
Abstract
First paragraph: In 2016-17, there were 377 charges under section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 (the Act), reported by the police to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ( COPFS). This is an increase of 32% on the 286 charges reported in 2015-16 and the highest number of 'offensive behaviour at football' charges since the Act was introduced. The increase is explained by the 140 charges associated with the Rangers v Hibernian Scottish Cup Final fixture held at Hampden stadium on 21 st May 2016.
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Title of series | Social Research series |
| Publication date | 09/06/2017 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29769 |
| Publisher URL | https://www.gov.scot/…ns-scotland-act/ |
| Place of publication | Edinburgh |
| ISSN of series | 2045-6964 |