Study claims scapegoating football as domestic abuse trigger trivialises issue

A new study by researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have claimed that scapegoating football as a trigger for domestic violence is risking trivialising the abuse.The researchers claim that previous links of a spike in cases after Glasgow derby matches and England’s World Cup games lack reliable data and academics found these reports failed to recognise abuse as a pattern of ongoing behaviour.Dr Nancy Lombard, reader in sociology and social policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, said: “All stakeho...