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Personality and Crime: Developing a Personality Profile for Criminal People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Khanmohammadi ,
M. Kalantarian ,
F. Alipour  and
F. Mohammadi Kordekheyli
A. Khanmohammadi
Affiliation:
Psychology, Islamic Azad University Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Iran
M. Kalantarian
Affiliation:
Education, Islamic Azad University Sari Branch, Iran
F. Alipour
Affiliation:
Education, Islamic Azad University Sari Branch, Iran
F. Mohammadi Kordekheyli
Affiliation:
Education, Islamic Azad University Sari Branch, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction and aim:

A review of available evidence indicate that crime features depend on many and variable factor. for example psychological, environmental, personality cal and so on. in psychology and psychiatry it seems personality plays important role in tendency to crime. So we aim to develop a personality profile for our crime sample. So we aim to develop a personality profile for our criminal sample.

Method:

38 male with history of crime and sent to jail were randomly selected and Eysence's Personality Questionnaire was administered on them. the questionnaire assesses personality on four dimension: Extroversion, Introversion, Neuroticism and lie detector.

Results:

Result showed the criminals have high score in Neuroticism and Extroversion and their profile shows critical situations that need treatment interventions.

Conclusion:

It is recommended to plan psychiatric interventions to reduce level of Neuroticism in them and direct them to better and social behavior.

Type
P03-80
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 24 , Issue S1: 17th EPA Congress - Lisbon, Portugal, January 2009, Abstract book , January 2009 , 24-E1079
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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