ABSTRACT
In this paper, relation between big five personalities, social dominance orientation, prejudice against ex-offenders and attitudes toward reentry of ex-offenders, coworkers of ex-offenders who are employed in Ankara municipalities is analyzed. The result of regression analyze show that only agreeableness negatively predicts social dominance orientation, agreeableness and extraversion negatively predict prejudice against ex-offenders. Also agreeableness positively predicts attitudes toward occupational rehabilitation and social contact with ex-offenders. Besides it’s found that social dominance orientation is positively related to prejudice against exoffenders but negatively related to attitudes toward occupational rehabilitation and social contact with ex-offenders. Finally, it’s found that social dominance orientation has partial mediated on the agreeableness and prejudice against ex-offenders.