Body art and deviant behavior: Study finds link between multiple tattoos, piercings and trouble

Chicago Tribune: “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.”