Tattoos are used among criminals to show ownership of gangs and record the wearers personal history - such as his or her skills, specialities, accomplishments and convictions. They are also means of personal expression.
Certain designs have developed recognised coded meanings. The code system can be quite complex and because of the nature of what they encode, the tattoos become widely recognised.
Prisoners who were transported from Britain to Australia back in 1787 to 1867 were sometimes tattooed with marks intended to signify disgrace, for example, D for deserter. However, prisoners often modified these tattoos to conceal the original design or to express wry or rebellious messages.
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