Role of Personality on Adult Criminals Going Through Imprisonment

Crime is an act of violence and aggression against not only an individual but also against the society as a whole. Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One understands individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other understands how the various characteristics of a person come together as a whole. The present research is to study the role of different personality types among adult criminals. The primary objective is to study and compare the role of personality along with its different dimensions (Decisiveness, Responsibility, Emotional Stability, Masculinity, Friendliness, Heterosexuality, Ego-Strength, Curiosity, Dominance, Self-concept) between the Gender (male criminals and female criminals). The second objective is to study and compare the role of personality along with its different dimensions between the Types of crime (high charged and low charged criminals). The third objective is to find out an interaction effect between gender and the type of crime in criminals with regards to the role of personality. Sample size comprised of 120 criminals, 60 males and 60 females. The data was collected by two stage stratified random sampling method from a local jail. The tool used was Differential Personality Inventory Scale by Arun Kumar Singh and Ashish Kumar Singh (1971) which has 150 items. The anticipated result of the study indicates a significant difference among male criminals and female criminals on personality. Males were more prone to crime than females