1. Self Report Study – HOW CRIMINAL ARE YOU?
TICK ANY OF THE CASES OF CRIME/DEVIANCE YOU YOURSELF HAVE BEEN GUILTY
OF, THEN ADD THEM UP AND WRITE THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET
1. I have ridden a bicycle
after dark without lights
2. I have driven a car or
motor bike under 16
3. I have been with a group
who go round causing fights
and disturbance
4. I have played truant
from school
5. I have travelled on a
train or bus without a
ticket or correct fare
6. I have let fireworks off
in the street
7. I have taken money from
home without returning it
8. I have taken someone
else’s vehicle for a joy ride
before returning it
9. I have broken or
smashed public property
10. I have insulted people
on the street
11. I have broken into a
store/garage/warehouse
12. I have broken into a
shop but didn’t take
anything
13. I have taken something
out of a car
14. I have taken a weapon
out with me in case needed
15. I have had a fight in a
public place
16. I have broken window of
an empty house
17. I have used a weapon in
a fight
18. I have drunk alcoholic
drinks in a pub under 18
19. I have been in a pub
under 16
20. I have taken things
from big stores or
supermarkets
21. I have taken things
from little shops
22. I have dropped things
in the street like litter
23. I have bought
something cheap or
accepted a gift knowing it
was stolen
24. I have planned in
advance to break into a
house
25. I have spontaneously
broken into a house
26. I have taken a bicycle
belonging to someone else
and kept it
27. I have struggled or
fought to get away from a
policeman
28. I have struggled or
fought with a policeman
who was arresting someone
else
29. I have stolen school
property worth more than
5p
30. I have stolen goods
from someone I worked for
worth more than 5p
31. I have had sex under 16
32. I have trespassed
somewhere I wasn’t
supposed to go e.g.: empty
house, private gardens,
railway lines
33. I have been to a film
when under age
34. I have spent money
gambling under 18
35. I have smoked
cigarettes when I was
under 16
36. I have had sex for
money
37. I have taken money
from slot machines or pay
phones
38. I have taken money
from someone’s clothes left
lying around
39. I have got money from
someone by pretending to
be someone else or lying
about why I needed it
40. I have taken someone
else’s clothing left lying
around
41. I have smoked or taken
drugs
42. I have obtained
money/drink/cigarettes by
saying I would have sex
with someone but didn’t
43. I have run away from
home
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