The Emergence and Evolution of Criminal Tattoos in Russia
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The article analyzes various points of view on the emerging of criminal tattoos in Russia, follows the stages of their evolution. Tattoo systematic character is particularly noted, as well as the beginning of its study in the 20-30s of the twentieth century. The author gives five stable modern groups of tattoos. The proposed scientific material is a continuation of the author's two previous articles on criminal pictographic bodyart published in the journal "Jurislinguistics" (see Grachev M.A. Problems of studying pictographic writing by linguistic experts //JURISLINGUISTICS, 2021. No.20(31). pp.9-13; Grachev M.A. On the construction of a methodology for establishing a person's belonging to the highest criminal hierarchy according to pictographic criminal writing JURISLINGUISTICS, 2021. No.21(32). pp.26-30).
The periodization of the emerging of pictographic criminal bodyart deserves special attention in the article: the author identifies five stages of its existence.
It is important to note that tattoo looks remained stable from the 30s to the 70s of the twentieth century. This was due to the strong positions of the elite of the criminal world – code-bound thieves. In the 70s, when the erosion of the "thieves' idea" begins, a number of tattoos lose their original meaning, especially tattoo drawings. The article focuses on the practical use of scientific material, namely: a researcher (prosecutor, court, lawyer, etc.) needs theoretical knowledge about theemerging of tattoos in Russia. These data will be in special demand by linguist-experts.The author of the article emphasizes that a significant part of criminal tattoos is already losing its original meaning, and there is also a mixture of criminal tattoos with civil ones.
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