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The topic of this study is people who committed the crime of burglary. The goal of the research is to determine the profiles of people who committed the crime of burglary and to present some factors that affect the emergence of individuals' criminal tendencies. The research was carried out on 50 criminals in Diyarbakır closed prison because of the crime of burglary. The research is based on the interpretation of data and findings obtained from the survey forms conducted on the prisoners in scope of the study and detailed interviews that were held with them. The obtained findings show that some effects, such as having low socioeconomic position, existence of some family problems, working on streets at early ages, contacting with children on streets that commit crime and have delinquent actions, existence of the potential of associating with criminals, using drugs, leaving school and imitating older criminals, are effective in individuals' becoming criminals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]