A Study On Legal Regulation Of Football Hooliganism In Holland

Football hooliganism refers to the behaviors that football fans organizations or individuals violate laws and regulations by disturbing public order using their bod y or language before,in or after football match for the purpose of abreacting moo d or seeking for excitement.It concretely reflected on personal attack,property destr uction,language insult and racial discrimination.Recently,violent football hooliganis m has already led to hundreds of miserable events and has severely threatened soc ial security and public sequence.Holland is a football power in the world.Footbal l has brought numerous pleasures and honors for Holland people.However,along with their pleasures are football hooliganism which also has caused great pains to them.Football hooliganism has seriously harmed Holland people's right to participa te in and watch sports,threatened the personal safety of Holland fans and persuade d Holland government to spend great amount of time and money to deal with that.solve football hooliganism,Holland government issued Anti-Alcohol Act Within Play Field and Football Act.Additionally,Holland Criminal Code also regulates h ow to punish football hooliganism which has disturbed social public orders in the form of custody or penalty.Except for laws and regulations,Holland Football Asso ciation also has formulated some industrial rules and established “Football Hooligan s Information Center”(CIV)which will prevent football hooliganism through collectin g the information on football hooligans.Although these laws and regulations,indus trial rules and administrative rules had gained certain effects,they also encountered various defects and obstacles.For example,Football Act faces problems such as p oor implementation effect and high administrative cost;Anti-Alcohol Act Within Pla y Field failed to fully reach its expected effects as football hooliganism gradually s pread from within play field to the open air;Holland Criminal Code has too sligh t punishment on football hooliganism which makes it hard to reach its effect to pr event and punish crimes;The behavior that CIV collects the information on footbal l hooliganism also has conflicts with the codes that protect citizen's privacy in Hol land Constitute and European Human Rights Convention.The above problems are st ill waiting to be solved in Holland by formulating relating countermeasures like m easures to improve football forbidden law,strengthen judicial departments' interventi on with football hooliganism,carefully collect information on football fans,lower t he price of football ticket and loosen restrictions on alcohol sales in play field.In recent years,with popularity of football sports in China,football hooliganism al so starts to appear in China.There are always bad phenomena like facility damage s,football players and fans being wounded.However,the achievements and shortage s on dealing with football hooliganism in Holland also act as beneficial lessons for China to prevent and deal with football hooliganism.China could learn Holland o n the following aspects: implement football forbidden act;formulate exclusive laws and regulations;establish football hooliganism information system with Chinese ch aracteristics.