The implications of tattooing in prisoners.
In a prisoner population, the relationship of tattoos and tattooing to type of crime and psychiatric diagnosis was examined. The commission of crimes involving personally assaultive behavior was found to be related to the possession of tattoos. Numbers and themes of tattoos did not correlate with psychiatric diagnosis.
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013653:Tattooing; D014754:Violence