The author’s compares the different interviewees statements and applies them to their own findings as evidence to their conclusion.
Throughout the article there are three main themes running through the article. These themes describe to us what their background was, leading them to commit the crime, was their crime ‘courage under fire’ (Holligan and Deuchar, 2014: 368) and whether it was to do with proving the masculinity to others and for society. This links to criminological theory of masculinity by the authors Richard Collier, Tony Jefferson and James Messerschmidt. They believed that the hegemonic masculinity of power, dominance, aggression and other aspects society displays what masculinity is, can cause men to commit crime to achieve this status of true masculinity. This is seen in the article by an interviewee Davie, it said that he got “kicked out for seven weeks for fighting” using either “a bit knife or a chopper” whilst taking this to school (cited in Holligan and Deuchar, 2014: 368). The article also clarifies why Davie committed these acts of violence, stating that