Byard Roger W
Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Forensic Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2020 Apr;71:101931. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101931. Epub 2020 Feb 17.
In previous years individuals with tattoos were thought to have a higher rate of mental illness and risk taking behaviour. With the widespread adoption of tattoos in Western countries in recent years this negative association has been questioned. An issue which arises, however, is that "tattooing" is a heterogeneous activity that covers a wide spectrum of designs and motivations. To examine the characteristics of individuals presenting to medicolegal autopsy with "expletive tattoos" 19 individuals with tattoos that contained selected obscene words were compared to controls. Fifteen cases (79%) were found where deaths were classified as unnatural - 7 drug/alcohol related, 5 suicides, 2 accidents and 1 homicide. The decedents had an age range of 21-58 years, mean 39.7 years, with a male to female ratio of 14:1. Compared to controls there was a significantly increased number of unnatural deaths in the group with expletive tattoos (p < 0.01), with a tendency to involve males. This study has shown that expletive tattoos in a forensic context may be associated with unnatural and violent deaths, and that the study of particular subgroups of tattooed individuals may be useful in discerning specific trends that are unclear if "tattoos" are treated as a homogeneous phenomenon.
在过去，有纹身的人被认为患精神疾病的几率更高，且有冒险行为。近年来，随着纹身在西方国家的广泛流行，这种负面关联受到了质疑。然而，出现的一个问题是，“纹身”是一种异质性活动，涵盖了广泛的图案和动机。为了研究在法医尸检中出现“脏话纹身”的个体特征，将19名纹身上带有特定脏话的人与对照组进行了比较。发现15例（79%）死亡被归类为非自然死亡——7例与毒品/酒精有关，5例自杀，2例意外事故和1例他杀。死者年龄在21至58岁之间，平均39.7岁，男女比例为14:1。与对照组相比，有脏话纹身的组中非自然死亡的数量显著增加（p < 0.01），且倾向于男性。这项研究表明，在法医背景下，脏话纹身可能与非自然和暴力死亡有关，并且对纹身个体的特定亚组进行研究可能有助于识别一些特定趋势，而如果将“纹身”视为一种同质现象，这些趋势则不明确。
