Tattooing in Prison

ISBN-13: 9786205442449 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str.

Maria José Santos

Opis

This research was conducted in a prison in the northern region of Portugal and aimed at understanding the phenomenon of tattooing in this context. The information collection procedures, namely through semi-directive interviews to inmates, as well as the content analysis of their speeches, resulted in the confirmation of the interdependence between the inmate's age, prison career and tattooing frequency; the connection between hepatitis C virus infection, drug addiction and risk perception regarding the practice of tattooing, and, finally, the elaboration of a set of suggestions for the implementation of harm reduction measures related to tattooing in Portuguese prisons.

O autorze

Master in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine of Porto. Since 2005 her activity has been focused on the management of public health programs in the context of HIV infection. She has participated in several studies, papers and national and international presentations on this topic.