In 2012, the FBI reported that males composed 74% of all arrestees, and 80% of violent crime offenders (FBI, 2012). Additionally, reports indicate that 90% of serial killers in the United States are male. A decade later, men still make up the majority of arrestees - with 70.5% male identifying compared to 29.5% female (FBI, 2022). Previous literature suggests that these gender patterns can be attributed to causes such as socialization, opportunity, gender norms, and policing practices (Steffensmeier & Allan, 1996), but these studies do not always account for the impact of family - and the role that their gender stereotypes - play in this process. 

Men being responsible for the majority of serious crimes indicates further understanding of what is impacting men at earlier stages of development and exploration of some of the family systems within their early environment. The current research uses an extensive review of preexisting literature to propose that men themselves are not to blame for these statistics, but rather the early socialization and parenting styles used throughout their development. 

In addressing this, the current paper also offers an intervention that could be used to help ameliorate this issue. This research proposes that raising male children in a gender biased way allows for a cultural bottleneck that, when combined with male biology, can lead them to gender specific outcomes. This leaves society at a disadvantage dealing with the consequences of men whose stereotypes in early development predisposed them to aggressive, and possibly criminal, behavior.