Match-fixing: football referees’ attitudes and experiences

Match-fixing is increasingly perceived by both national and European policy makers and independent observers as a major threat to the integrity of sports, and in particular football. A series of recent scandals in different European countries seems to corroborate the perception of football’s growing...

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Main Author: Visschers, Jonas (Author)
Contributors: Paoli, Letizia 1966- ; Deshpande, Abhishek
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2020, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-95
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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