The present study aimed to comprise personality characteristics among individuals sentenced to prison and normal people. The design of study was causal- comparative. The sample included 100 men (100 prisoners, and 100 normal who were living in Tabriz city) that by considering of entry criteria’s selected by convenience sampling. Both groups matched on age, gender, marital status, social- economic status, residential area. Data were gathered by Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM–IV axis II personality Disorders (SCID-II), that administered among selected samples. The results showed the clinical scale figure in both groups there was a significant difference, so that the scale of schizoid (23.85), avoidant (22.72), dependent (24.55), antisocial (36.74), aggressive sadistic (31.74), borderline (31.86) and paranoid (26.03) significant differences were observed between the two groups. Also, the highest score in individuals sentenced to prison allocated to antisocial personality disorder. These findings have some implications; according to the results it seems considering of Antisocial Personality cues can be useful in preventive programs of crime.
