Why Men Commit Crime

• Messerschmidt says masculinity is a social construct and there is two types; hegemonic and subordinated
• Hegemonic Masculinity is the focus on work, competition and aggression
• Subordinated Masculinity is the lack of desire or ability to gain hegemonic masculinity such as gay men, working class or ethnic minorities
• Police typifications say they are more likely to see as criminal
• Men have more opportunities than women to commit crime
• Men also are more influenced by their peers to commit crime
• Winlow studied young men working as bouncers in Sunderland, committed illegal activities to show masculinity through violence, this is the idea of Bodily Capital, a way to physically assert ones self to use violence to be able to gain status and financial reward