Personality Properties of White-collar Criminals

Negative personality characteristics have deep relationships with crime and wrongdoing. Personality of each person is formed based on their personality characteristics and if these negative personality characteristics grow, they will lead towards wrongdoings. This study intends to investigate white-collar criminals’ personality characteristics, not only to identify them precisely but also to prevent and correct them. Therefore; this study deals with white-collar criminals’ personality characteristics.  This descriptive-analytical study uses survey techniques and its data collection tool is based on library and digital data methods. The target society includes all white-collar criminals. With regards to this study, the question which was answered is that what characteristics do these white-collar criminals have? The findings include: certain personality characteristics are effective in perpetrating and setting the stage for crimes. Some others which were expressed as white-collar criminals’ personality characteristics in the past studies, are not their unique ones and other category of characteristics are in conflict with white-collar criminals’ personality characteristics and can not be considered as their personality characteristics , like having duties that do not corresponds to criminality. As a result, personality characteristics have relative relationships with perpetrating crimes.