Masculinity and crime. Refer to the Journal of Sociology (July 2003) study on the li...

Masculinity and crime. Refer to the Journal of Sociology (July 2003) study on the link between the level of masculinity and criminal behavior in men, presented in Exercise 7.25 (p. 386). The researcher identified events that a sample of newly incarcerated men were involved in and classified each event as “violent” (involving the use of a weapon, the throwing of objects, punching, choking, or kicking) or “avoidedviolent” (involving pushing, shoving, grabbing, or threats of violence that did not escalate into a violent event). Each man (and corresponding event) was also classified as possessing “high-risk masculinity” (scored high on the Masculinity– Femininity Scale test and low on the Traditional Outlets of Masculinity Scale test) or “low-risk masculinity.” The data on 1,507 events are summarized in the following table.

Reference: Exercise 7.25