The criminal propensity scale from the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was administered to five groups of adolescent boys. School boys were classified into four groups of 20 each by staff ratings and a self-report questionnaire of antisocial behavior. The fifth group of 20 was comprised of delinquent boys in detention. Well behaved boys, low in antisocial behavior, obtained significantly lower scores than all other groups. The highest scores were earned by delinquent boys and badly behaved school boys, high in antisocial behavior.
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