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Photographie tirée de « L'homme criminel, selon la classification de Cesare Lombroso » (1911). Internetarchivebookimages/Flickr

Comment les tatouages sont devenus à la mode à l’époque victorienne

Robert Shoemaker, University of Sheffield and Zoe Alker, University of Liverpool

On a tendance à croire que le tatouage est un phénomène moderne, mais il était déjà populaire au XIXème siècle. Et les motivations pour se faire tatouer n’étaient pas si différentes…
Image from ‘Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso’ (1911). Internetarchivebookimages/Flickr

How tattoos became fashionable in Victorian England

Robert Shoemaker, University of Sheffield and Zoe Alker, University of Liverpool

We may think tattooing is a modern phenomenon, but the reasons for its popularity are not dissimilar to those seen in the prisons and convict ships of the Victorian era.
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Higher alcohol prices don’t always mean less violence

Zoe Alker, University of Liverpool

A recent study by researchers at Cardiff University claimed that the number of people who attended hospital for injuries caused by violence has fallen by 12% in the past year. But to what extent can the…

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