Body art and deviant behavior: Study finds link between multiple tattoos, piercings
and trouble
January 13, 2010
By: Chicago Tribune
So says Jerome Koch, a sociologist with Texas Tech University's 'Body Art Team' --
true moniker -- which surveyed 1,753 students at four colleges and found a correlation
between multiple tattoos or piercings and 'deviant behavior.'
Here's a new aphorism: "The more body art you have, the more likely you are to be
involved in deviance."
So says Jerome Koch, a sociologist with Texas Tech University's "Body Art Team" --
true moniker -- which surveyed 1,753 students at four colleges and found a correlation
between multiple tattoos or piercings and "deviant behavior."
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