This thesis examines how the incel subculture constructs its collective identities and belief systems, and how these two components, when combined, foster a community that legitimises violence against women. The data was collected from two primary sources, the online forum incels.is and the encyclopaedia incels.wiki, applying cultural and narrative criminological frameworks to analyse thematic patterns, symbolic boundary work, and performative storytelling within subcultural narratives. The findings demonstrate that incels build their collective identities through narratives of victimhood and resistance to mainstream norms rooted in deterministic worldviews like the Scientific Blackpill. Through subcultural narrative formulas, incels normalise violence using dehumanising language, pseudoscientific rationalisations, and a strong sense of group cohesion, thereby justifying misogyny and aggression. The incel narratives, inherently criminogenic, underscore the role that online subcultures have in promoting deviant ideologies and highlight the need for nuanced approaches to address the harmful potentials of digital subcultures.