College football games and crime
Articles
Overview
published in
- Journal of Sports Economics Journal
publication date
- January 2009
start page
- 68
end page
- 87
issue
- 1
volume
- 10
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
full text
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1527-0025
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1552-7794
abstract
- There is a great deal of anecdotal evidence that college football games can lead to aggressive and destructive behavior by fans. However, to date, no empirical study has attempted to document the magnitude of this phenomenon. We match daily data on offenses from the National Incident-Based Reporting System to 26 Division I-A college football programs to estimate the relationship between college football games and crime. Our results suggest that the host community registers sharp increases in assaults, vandalism, arrests for disorderly conduct, and arrests for alcohol-related offenses on game days. Upsets are associated with the largest increases in the number of expected offenses. © 2009 Sage Publications.
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keywords
- aggression alcohol college football crime drinking