Male Disadvantage In Relation To Crime

Question 1

What did Messerschmidt say?

Answer 1

• gang acts as a location for doing masculinity which has to be accomplished or proved

Question 2

What did Campbell say?

Answer 2

• by the abandonment of certain communities, the state has unleashed the most extreme forms of masculinity, denying men access to legitimate masculine status through academic success of employment and the breadwinner role

Question 3

What did Faludi say?

Answer 3

• young males committing criminal behaviour is not deviant at all but an expression of the qualities we admire in males as a society; toughness, bravery and strength