Relationship between Identity Base, and Crime Commitment among Azarbaijan Province Youth

The present research conducted among South and West Azerbaijan provinces' youth aiming at identifying the relationship between identity base and crime. The research is of survey--post event type. Statistical population is comprised of two groups: Group one) prisoners who are sentenced to imprisonment because of committing moral crimes and prohibited actions ranging from 15-24 years of age imprisoned in prisons of Tabriz, Urumiyeh, Ahar and Maragheh; Group two)ordinary young individuals in the same age range living in the above-mentioned cities. N= 111 in group one. N=111 in group two, where samples selected through using quota-based sampling method, which is a well-known and improbable method. EIS2-EOM used for assessment of the identity base assessment. The data analyzed through using t and X2 tests. Findings of the research indicated that there is a significant relationship between the youth identity base, and crime commitment. Scores of scattered or scrambled identity base on the part of guilty youth is significantly higher than the average of the identity base in ordinary youth. There is direct relationship between the extent that individuals experienced identity crisis and the higher probability of committing criminal behavior.