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Relationship of Tattoos To Personality Disorders: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Relationship of Tattoos To Personality Disorders: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
1969
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Richard S. Post, Relationship of Tattoos to Personality Disorders, 59 J. Crim. L. Criminology & Police Sci. 516 (1968)
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THE JOURNAL or CmuNAL LAw, CaDIINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE VoL 59, No. 4
Copyright © 1968 by Northwestern University School of Law Printed in U.S.A.
RICHARD S. POST
The author is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Institute of Police Science and Administration,
Wisconsin State University at Platteville. He was formerly an Instructor at the School of Police Administra-
tion and Public Safety, Michigan State University, serving as an Assistant Project Director on a Training
Grant and management consultant on a Planning and Research Grant both from the U. S. Department of
justice, OLEA. He has served with the military police and as a civilian investigator and research assistant
for the Department of Army. The author has both a bachelor and master's degree in police administration from
Michigan State University and is currently working towards a Ph.D.
This article represents a graduate paper prepared for a seminar in deviant behavior in the School of Police
Administration and Public Safety, Michigan State University (1965). It contains the hypothesis that the pres-
ence of ornamental body tattoos could serve to indicate the presence of personality disorders which could
manifest themselves in criminal behavior. The need for more research in this area is stressed.
The tattoo, or some form of bodily marking, has The medical profession, particularly in the
always held a certain fascination for people in field of plastic surgery, has used tattooing to an
many cultures. The fact that certain people in a extent not generally appreciated. Quite often,
culture find it necessary or desirable to obtain such livid facial scars can be 'toned down' by tattooing
markings while others do not seems to lead to the the area with flesh colored pigment being blended
conclusion that there must be some factor, or into the scars. Bum areas on men frequently fail
factors, which makes this embellishment desirable. to produce a beard growth after healing. These
Taken in general perspective, tattooing appears areas can have false beard stubble tattooed into
to be a subcultural practice found in any popula- them. In one case of record, a gentleman whose
tion category (class, occupation, sex, age, etc.) hair was thinning had lines of 'hair' tattooed onto
rather than as an established trait uniformly his scalp. In numerous cases, false eyebrows have
characteristic of a whole society.' been tattooed, and lip coloring has been perma-
nently applied in the same manner.' A tropical
Thm PROBLMT disease quite common in Mexico leaves its victims
The purpose of this paper is to show that the outstandingly marked by chalk white blotches on
presence of a tattoo, or tattoos, can serve to their skin. A major part of the post cure therapy
indicate the presence of a personality disorder for this disease is the blending of the blotched
which could lead to, or is characterized by, be- areas to the balance of the skin by tattooing. It
havior which deviates from contemporary social has been found that the tattooing process is
norms. The value of the establishment of a correla- invaluable in rehabilitating the recovered victims
tion between the presence of a tattoo and social of the disease. Medical uses of tattooing for psycho-
deviancy would be most beneficial in that it logical or cosmetic reasons are excluded from con-
could be a readily discernible mark of predisposi- sideration in this paper. However it should be
tion toward such conduct. This is not to imply that noted that while cosmetic tattooing has a psycho-
Lombroso's feeling that the presence of a tattoo logical benefit to the person, the same reasoning
2
regardless of how simple is a sign of atavism, might be applied to a person with a personality
but rather that the presence of the tattoo indicates disorder giving him a certain psychological benefit
that there was, or is, a personality disorder which from his tattoo.
manifested itself in the tattoo, and which could
DEFmIoN OF TERmS
again appear in socially deviant behavior. The type
of tattooing referred to is strictly limited to PersonalityDisorder
ornamental varieties.
"It is characterized by developmental defects
1'J.H. Burma, Self-Tattooing Among Delinquents: or pathological trends in the personality struc-
A Research Note, 43 SocioLoGicAL & Soc. RESEARCH
341 (1959). ture with minimal subjective anxiety, and
2 C. Lomsmoso & W. FERRERO, THE FEmALE
OFFENER 124 (1915). 3J. B. Kenmerer, Tattoo, 88 Am. M__ERcuR 92 (1959).
TATTOOS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS
little or no sense of distress. In most instances, tattoo with the limited amount of pain involved,
the disorder is manifested by a lifelong is considered a sign of masculinity.
pattern of action or behavior, rather than by Strong religious and superstitious significance
mental or emotional symptoms." 4 is found in certain body markings in different
parts of the world today. Mohammedan women
Tattoo of Yugoslavia, for example, mark their foreheads
with a cross, as a protection against evil. In certain
The word "Tattoo" seems to have had its seafaring circles it is believed that a rooster
origin in the writings of Captain Cook, recording tattooed on one foot and a pig on the other will
his travels in the south seas, and particularly in protect the person so marked against death by
his book "The Voyage in H. M. Bark Endeavor" drowning. In long past years the influence of the
published in 1771. In this book Captain Cook Roman Catholic Church was directed against the
referred to a process of scarification common to practice of tattooing. Pope Hadrian I, at the
Tahitian men. He wrote that the process was Ecumenical Council at Nicea in 787, banned the
known as "Tattaw," and described it as follows: practice of tattooing among Catholics, calling the
practice savage and barbaric Exactly how long
"They stain their bodies by indentings, or the ban held effective is not clearly recorded, but
pricking the skin with small instruments made it is indicated that the soldiers in the crusades
of bone, cut into short teeth; which indentings were rarely if ever tattooed.
they fill up with dark blue or blacking mixture
prepared from the smoke of an oily nut ....
Tattooing
This operation, which is called by the natives
'tattaw', leaves an indelible mark on the skin. We know for certain that the "art" of tattooing
It is usually performed when they are about as practiced today, no longer involves the pain
ten or twelve years of age, and on different which accompanied the primitive methods. Today
parts of the body." r the tattoo artist works with an electric needle which
injects the dyes into the skin to a depth of ap-
It is interesting to note that the word was adopted proximately M64 of an inch, at the rate of 2,000
and has survived in all major European languages, to 4,000 injections per minute. A pointed needle
being Tatowirung in German; Tatouage in French; is used for outlining the design, and a broader tip
and Tatuaggio in Italian. called a shader is used to fill in the large areas of
Archeological history has recorded that tattoo- the design. Although present day tattooing does
ing, or some form of bodily marking dates back not present the danger of infection which most
to 12,000 B.C., proof being found in excavations certainly accompanied the scarification process,
dated to this period.' Tattooing by the introduction certain diseases have been traced directly to
of dyes or pigments into the skin by puncture was unsanitary tattooing practices. The Health
known in ancient Egypt between 4,000 and 2,000 Department of the City of New York was obliged
B.C. Later variations on bodily marking included to close every tattoo parlor in that city in 1961
a process known as scarification, which was when a number of cases of viral-hepatitis were
practiced by African tribal warriors. This method traced directly to the parlors. In addition to viral-
involved keeping open the wounds received in hepatitis, it has been recorded that in Phila-
tribal warfare and introducing colored pigments delphia an epidemic of syphilis was attributed to
or wood ash into these wounds. The result would one particular tattooer 8 Leprosy has also been
be a scar which would be horrifying to most transmitted through tattooing. 9
cultures today, but which was a mark of bravery The professional tattooer in the United States
to the warrior; identifying him as a survivor of today rarely works freehand in the applying of the
warfare, and testifying to his stamina and ability design. It has been estimated that less than one
to withstand pain. In fact, even today in some design in 300 is done freehand; this of course
lower socioeconomic groups, the obtaining of a excludes initials, block lettering, and an occasional
4 S. M. Ferguson-Rayport, R. M. Griffith & E. W. word, name, or phrase done in script. Tattoo supply
Straus, The Psyclatric Signifkance of Tattoos, 29 houses sell plastic or celluloid stencils in more than
PsycHrATRic Q 116 (1955). 7
5G. BuRcamar & P. LEIGHToN, MEMOIRS OF A 8 1d. at 17.
TATTOOIST 19, (1958). J. F. Briggs, Tattooing, 87 MIE. TmuEs ]0.30 (1958).
6 Id.at 15. 9Id. at 1038.
RICHARD S. POST [VoI. 59
two thousand popular designs. In the application However, for a more accurate description of
of a tattoo the area to be tattooed is shaved, and tattoos a more precise system of classification was
sometimes scrubbed. The stencil is then placed established in 1953.
against the skin and the design is outlined with
the electric needle, using the liner attachment. Classification of Tattoos
After allowing the outline to dry, the design colors . Identification tattoos
are filled in using the shader attachment. The age a. Emblems
of tattoos can be estimated with an appreciable Various branches of service, anchors
degree of accuracy, but much time and practice is b. Personal data
required to learn this skill. Initials or name, social security number
Much of the tattooing done upon orientals, by c. Diary
orientals, particularly in Japan, shows true Specific events in life, with or without
artistic quality. The practice of tattooing in dates
Japan carries considerable status, and it is not 2. Love tattoos
uncommon to find heavily tattooed persons who a. Idealized love
bequeath their entire skin to be mounted and Head of a woman in flower or halfmoon,
displayed after their death. A number of these a woman draped in a flag
human skins, preserved and mounted on plaster b. "Mother"
manikins are to be found on exhibit at the Imperial Heart, flower, etc., inscribed with
University in Tokyo. Again this type of definite "Mother"
cultural practice is not to be considered in the c. Sentimental
paper, but is merely mentioned to provide neces- Girl's name, hearts, flowers, hands
sary background information on tattooing. clasped
"Self" and InstitutionalTattoos d. Pornographic
Nudes: without or without snakes,
These are tattoos which are inflicted upon daggers, peacocks, scarves, bathing
persons by themseves, or by another amateur. suits, and those which present an
This is very common in American penal institu- obscene view to the patient and a more
tions. The designs are quite easily spotted. They acceptable pose when inverted for the
consist of outline designs only, with no colors or viewer
shading used. The methods employed in applying 3. Bombastic and pseudoheroic tattoos
these tattoos are crude, usually a sewing needle, Skull and crossbones; dagger with "Death
a straight pin, or the corner of a safety razor blade before Dishonor"; dagger through the
is used to introduce the coloring into the skin. skin; "Man's Ruin" as a caption for a
The coloring consists of writing or laundry inks woman in a wine glass; dragon, panther,
available in the institutions, or mixtures of ground tiger
pencil lead, cigarette ashes, the ashes of burned 4. Inveighing fate
paper or similar substances. This powder is mixed Card with "13"; horse shoe with "Good
with water or spittle to make an ink. The process Luck"; "Good Luck, Hard Luck"; "Friday
quite frequently produces low grade infections, the 13th"; a spade (playing card figure)
which the prisoner is reluctant to report because of 5. Religious and commemorative
regulations forbidding such practices at most Cross: "In Memory of... "Inscription about
institutions. Jesus, etc.
DISCUSSION 6. Private symbols
Of significance limited to wearer
There are three very broad categories into which 7. Miscellaneous
all tattoos may be placed. Animals and birds: horse's head, pig, rooster,
1. Mnemonic devices squirrel, bat, bluebird, butterfly. Flowers:
2. Erotic or decorative roses.
3. Those with philosophical significance.' 0 Many unscientific type lay reports on tattooing
10W. H. Haines & Arthur V. Huffman, Tattooing suggest the following six points:
Found in a Prison Environment, 4 J. Soc. T =A.y
107 (1958). 11Ferguson-Rayport, supra note 4, at 118.
TATTOOS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS
FIruRE 1
One~of many bizzare tattoo patterns which indicate the presence of a disordered personality. The letters be-
tween the second joint and knuckles are meant to be read with the fingers interlocked.
nature of the duties in this particular branch of In addition, the findings of this research indicated
the Navy are such that only exceptionally well that men possessing two or more tattoos have
adjusted men can be trained. Lieutenant Youniss unresolved sexual and aggressive conflicts. The
conducted his study on 648 men and made some Navy Department of Medical Research in foot-
significant findings: noting this report noted that further research is
indicated in this relatively unexplored area.
"It was found that subjects with multiple Selective Service Board Findings
tattoos give test indications of greater personal
maladjustment than do subjects without During World War 1I, Dr. Joseph Lander and
Harold M. Kohn did a study while working at a
tattoos or with only one tattoo. Again, it was
selective service induction board for the armed
found that the mean PIB score (General Intel-
service. They noted that on the basis of their year
ligence) of the one tattoo group did not differ
long study on thousands of draftees that:
significantly from that of the non-tattooed
group.... The admission of a desire for "The rejection rate for tattooed men was
future tattoos was found to be a significant almost 50% greater than for non-tattooed
variable in comparing the level of personal men... 58% of all rejections among tattooed
adjustment within both the tattooed and men were on the basis of neuro-psychiatric
non-tattooed groups. Within both groups it disability, in contrast to 38% among the
was found that subjects desiring future non-tattooed.... The tattooed men rejected
tattoos obtain scores higher in the direction for neuro-psychiatric reasons comprised 20%
of the total of tattooed men, but they had
of personal maladjustment and conflict than
exactly M of all the tattoos which could be
subjects who disclaim a desire to obtain
classified as erotic. There is thus a correlation
tattoos." 15
between the character of the tattoo and the
15 R. P. Youniss, The relationshipof tattoos to personal presence of significant psychopathology." 16
adjustment among enlisted submarine school volunteers, 1
U.S.N. Medical Research Laboratory Report, New 6 J. Lander & H. M. Kohn, A Note on Tattooing
London, September, 1959, (Whole No. 319), p. 9. Among Selectees, 100 A. J. PsyccH, 326 (1943).
TATTOOS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS
causative factor, but that there is almost a casual name, initials, or nick-name was most frequently
link between tattoos and criminal behavior. encountered.2
Some tattoos have specific meanings, such as
Correlationof Certain Designs to CriminalBehavior marks of identification to others in a particular
Attempts to correlate certain designs with subculture. In some penal institutions for females,
particular criminal activities have been made but the passive partners in a lesbian "love affair" are
findings in this area are inconclusive. In fact some tattooed on the middle finger of the right hand
researchers go so far as to say that "no attempt with the initials of the "lover" and protector.
should be made to construct the personality type Other lesbians respect this symbol and will not
by the fact that they are tattooed or by their attempt to steal the affections of a person marked
choice of design." 23 It has been found that French with such a tattoo.
criminals have adopted a code of identification
Psychological Significance of Tattoos
with their criminal speciality. The pimp has an
eagle carrying aloft the figure of a girl. The burglar Such messages as "BORN TO RAISE HELL"
is identified by a butterfly. However, no association or "I'M A REBEL" surely indicate an anti-social
between type of crime and type of tattoo has been attitude or philosophy. Likewise the person who
established in the United States. The well known has "I HATE COPS" tattooed on his body is
"Pachuko" tattoo must be excluded as identifying screaming his defiance of authority and has perma-
with a particular type of criminal activity. This nently marked himself with the attitude that he
tattoo, in its original form is comprised of a cross will probably assume throughout his lifetime. It
tattooed between the thumb and index finger. The will likewise be found that religious motifs rarely
cross is surrounded by a varying number of dots, appear on devout persons. Usually the person
each of which represents a crime of some import bearing such a design has used the religious theme
or an arrest for a crime. The design had its origin to cover a basic exhibitionist tendency. The re-
among West Coast gangs of Mexican descent and ligious theme will frequently be found on the same
has been widely imitated by youthful offenders body bearing an erotic design; obviously then
the country over. there is a duplicity of motivation involved in such
situations. Dr. John Briggs, another researcher
Tattoos and Superstition in the area of tattoos .has stated:
The most common design found among the "It suggests to the observer the emotional
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans is a form of the pattern of the tattooed individual. The pres-
crucifix, but invariably some design of a porno- ence of a single meaningless tattoo mark
graphic nature is normally found on the same suggests a prepsychotic or a psychotic phe-
subject. It was found that persons bearing tattoos nomena ... the appearance of multiple tattoo
of a religious design are usually extremely super- marks which differ greatly in motivation,
stitious about symbols other than those with which have no symmetry, and which have no
which they choose to mark their bodies. The reason apparent connection one with the other, is
for having any superstitious symbol tattooed upon always diagnostic of a severe psychoneuro-
themselves would seem to be a basic latent shame sis.... The type of tattoo may be such that
of superstition and the desire to overtly declare the type of psychoneurosis may be appar-
superstition below them through the medium of ent.... A study of the tattooed individual,
the tattoo; while actually being fearful of one the designs and the obvious motivation behind
or more other symbols. In the group studied the each design is as valuable in determining the
ages ran from fifteen years to twenty eight years, emotional pattern of an individual as is a
with age nineteen being the average. Seventy six multiphasic personality test or a Rorschach
of the subjects examined had only one tattoo; one test." 25
subject had thirty two. The most recurrent motif
found was "LOVE & MOM," the second most In certain areas of personnel selection a person
frequent was the name of a girl friend. In cases with a tattoo is considered as unacceptable for
where the subject had only one tattoo, his own employment merely on the basis of having a tattoo
23 0. J. Pollak & E. C. McKenna, Tattooed Psychotic 2AHaines,
25 supra note 10, at 113.
Patients, 101 Am. J. Psyca. 673, 674 (1945). Briggs, supra note 8, at 1039.
TATTOOS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS
on his body. The Cincinnati Police Department preference is pornographic and sentimental
attaches such psychological importance to the or bombastic and psuedo-heroic. They bear
appearance of tattoos that in its recruitment inscriptions in flourishing strokes, and are
programs the department insists that candidates placed on arm, leg and chest in haphazard
who are tattooed must be rejected. fashion. The schizophrenic more often than
not, has but one tattoo of the identification
Veterans AdministrationHospital type, is given to the more serious subjects-
especially to commemorative and personally
Tattooed patients, diagnosed as "Personality
symbolic tattoos----chooses lettering which
Disorder" or "Schizophrenic Reaction" admitted is small and inconspicuous, and often places
to the neuropsychiatric section of a 1,200 bed his tattoos in unusual locations and arrange-
veterans hospital at Lexington, Ky. over a period ments." 27
of seven months in 1953 were studied, along with
tattooed schizophrenics on the chronic wards of Youthful Offender Research Findings
the hospital. A number of interesting results came
In another study conducted with several thou-
out of the study conducted by Dr. Ferguson-
sand youthful offenders on the West Coast, Dr.
Rayport:
Burma concluded that: "There is a relationship
"By investigating the tattoos as to number, that delinquents do bear a significant amount of
quality, location, arrangement, and content, tattooing." Is He further concluded that:
and the persons tattooed as to their back- 1. Significantly more delinquents than non-
grounds, circumstances of obtaining tattoos, delinquents tattoo themselves.
and clinical history, it has been shown that, 2. The idea of tattooing oneself occurs to some
despite the many chance factors involved, people early, and is carried out at an early
choice and selection are not haphazard age, probably without much thought for the
throughout. Striking differences, well corre- future.
lated with present-day psychopathological 3. Tattoos in some peer groups are status
concepts distinguish the tattoos of the per- symbols.
sonality disorder patient from those of the 4. For some, tattooing is the result of certain
schizophrenic. self-concepts, and hence is a partial index of
29
such concepts.
"The tattoo has been interpreted as an ex-
pression of personality structure. Man, CONCLUSIONS
capable of reflecting himself, can accept his
body as it is, or, rejecting the natural state, The implications of the conclusions reached by
modify and embellish it. the various studies which have been conducted is
that in our culture, persons with certain types of
"In the hospital population, two attitudes self-concepts will be more likely to tattoo them-
became evident: that of the schizophrenics selves than persons with other self-concepts. In
who, in their feelings about the tattoo, fact, the researchers in two of the studies have
reiterate primitive attitudes as to its magical stated that: "The conclusion seems warranted
significance and potency and at the same that psychopathy or social or emotional malad-
time express their estrangement from the justment is significantly higher among tattooed
normal world: and that of the personality than among non-tattooed men." ' 0 Another stated,
disorder patients, whose tattoos express inner "The high incidence of alcoholism and law break-
conflicts and satisfy inner needs and, evalu- ing among these men (tattooed) seems to indicate
ated as a social phenomenon, signify another
26 that they are socially unbalanced." '1
deviation from the mores of our culture. The individual's self-concept is going to deter-
'qt is possible to say that the tattoos of the mine the actions he will undertake in relation to
Pd (Personality Disorder Patient) are more his environment. "Behavior is not directly in-
frequently multiple than otherwise and are 27
Id. at 123.
carelessly executed (both self and profes- 28 Burma,
29 supranote 1, at 341.
sionally obtained). The subject matter of
Id. at 345.
0Lander, supra note 16, at 327.
26Ferguson-Rayport, supranote 4, at 129. 31Pollak, supra note 23, at 674.
RICHARD S. POST [Vol. 59
fluenced or determined by organic or cultural might have obtained the tattoo while he did have
factors, but primarily (and perhaps only), by the a personality disorder but has corrected the dis-
perception of these elements." 12 In other words it order. Nevertheless, even in such a situation the
is the person's internal frame of reference, or how original hypothesis would be further validated
he perceives or views society that determines how since it was originally a personality disorder which
he will act. If a person's internal perception of manifested itself in the desire for the tattoo.
society is such that he feels he must embellish his Based on the information which is currently
body with signs, symbols, or figures to reflect his available it would seem that there is some degree
internalized self-perceptions, these markings of correlation between the presence of a tattoo
should be taken as indicators of some type of and the presence of a personality disorder. It is
personality disorder. Regardless of whether they felt that more extensive and specific research
are attempts to disguise homosexuality, inferiority work is indicated in this area so that a dearer
feelings, defiance of authority, or any of the nu- picture of this relationship and its value might be
merous forms of personality disorders, the mark more accurately established.
was put there for a very definite reason by the
person having such a mark. Whether or not the BIBLIOGRAPHY
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