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Debate on "tattooing" at the commission on children involved in crime: Risky, adventurous children
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The relationship between tattoos and committing crimes was discussed in Parliament. At this week's meeting of the Commission on Children Involved in Crime, a survey was conducted among children aged 12-17; out of 607 children asked, "Do you have a tattoo?", 233 answered yes...
CHP Trabzon MP Sibel Suiçmez expressed her discomfort with the link being drawn between tattoos and children involved in crime, saying, "A tattooed child, a child with an earring, a child with long hair… As a scientist, weren't you bothered by asking such a question? Where will we stop this then? It will be a broader discussion until we get to clothing. Why are we focusing on tattoos?" AKP's Müşerref Pervin Tuba Durgut responded, "People who engage in such risky behavior or are adventurous generally have tattoos; they are more adventurous, more..."
The issue of "tattooing" was discussed in the parliamentary commission established for children involved in crime.
A survey conducted in prisons with children aged 12-17 as part of a "profile study of child convicts/detainees" was shared. To the question "Do you have a tattoo?", 233 out of 607 children answered "yes". The presentation stated, "It was determined that approximately 38.4% of the children participating in the study have tattoos on their bodies. This rate is a noteworthy finding in terms of at-risk group behaviors."
CHP Trabzon MP Sibel Suiçmez stated that she was uncomfortable with the link being drawn between tattoos and children involved in crime, saying that classifying children based on their appearance was not correct. Suiçmez said, “A child with tattoos, a child with earrings, a child with long hair… As a scientist, didn’t it bother you to ask such a question? Where will we stop this then? There will be a broader focus before we even get to clothing. Why are we focusing on tattoos?”
The head of the commission, AKP member Müşerref Pervin Tuba Durgut, defended the study, arguing that it did not aim to label children. She repeated her statement, saying, “People who engage in such risky behavior or are adventurous often have tattoos; that is, they are more adventurous, more like that…” Pausing for a moment to clarify her statement, Durgut added, “No, no. Is being adventurous a bad thing? Not at all. We are trying to understand something else.”
