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Inked into Crime? An Examination of the Causal Relationship between Tattoos and Life-Course Offending among Males from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

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  • Jennings, Wesley G.
  • Fox, Bryanna Hahn
  • Farrington, David P.

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There have been a number of prior studies that have investigated the relationship between tattoos and crime with most documenting evidence of an association. Specifically, prior research often suggests that individuals with tattoos commit more crime, are disproportionately concentrated in offender and institutionalized populations, and often have personality disorders. Having said this, the bulk of the prior research on this topic has been correlational.

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  • Jennings, Wesley G. & Fox, Bryanna Hahn & Farrington, David P., 2014. "Inked into Crime? An Examination of the Causal Relationship between Tattoos and Life-Course Offending among Males from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 77-84.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:42:y:2014:i:1:p:77-84
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.12.006
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    1. Vaughn, Michael G. & DeLisi, Matt & Gunter, Tracy & Fu, Qiang & Beaver, Kevin M. & Perron, Brian E. & Howard, Matthew O., 2011. "The Severe 5%: A Latent Class Analysis of the Externalizing Behavior Spectrum in the United States," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 75-80.
    2. Iselin, Anne-Marie R. & Gallucci, Marcello & DeCoster, Jamie, 2013. "Reconciling questions about dichotomizing variables in criminal justice research," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 41(6), pages 386-394.
    3. Vaughn, Michael G. & DeLisi, Matt & Gunter, Tracy & Fu, Qiang & Beaver, Kevin M. & Perron, Brian E. & Howard, Matthew O., 2011. "The Severe 5%: A Latent Class Analysis of the Externalizing Behavior Spectrum in the United States," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 75-80, January.
    4. Jennings, Wesley G. & Reingle, Jennifer M., 2012. "On the number and shape of developmental/life-course violence, aggression, and delinquency trajectories: A state-of-the-art review," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 40(6), pages 472-489.
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