Delinquent Conduct
Dimension 92 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Delinquent Conduct measures the extent to which an expression reflects rule-breaking, unlawful, or antisocial behavior, including aggression, theft, deception, vandalism, substance-related offenses, and contact with police. It encompasses both stated willingness to engage in such acts and reports of having committed them or been caught for them.
evidence final name · Criminal Activity
Minimal Delinquent Conduct
Expressions activating this band reflect sparse, mixed, or indirect references to aggression, weapons, illegal behavior, or conflict, often as isolated acts, hypothetical willingness, or exposure to harmful events rather than a sustained pattern of offending.
Moderate Delinquent Conduct
Expressions activating this band reflect recognizable rule-breaking or unlawful behavior such as bullying, plagiarism, drug use, burglary exposure, theft-related events, or police charges. The conduct is concrete and behaviorally specific, but often episodic or less severe in direct harm.
High Delinquent Conduct
Expressions activating this band reflect active engagement in antisocial acts such as robbery, truancy, lying for gain, tax cheating, drug selling, arson, and repeated legal trouble. The behavior is purposeful, norm-violating, and often involves deception, property offenses, or direct victimization.
Severe Delinquent Conduct
Expressions activating this band reflect persistent or serious offending centered on theft, breaking and entering, stolen vehicles, vandalism, and being caught by authorities. The conduct is overtly unlawful, behaviorally enacted, and strongly focused on taking or damaging property without authorization.
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Minimal Criminal Activity: Criminal activity is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse criminal activity.
Moderate Criminal Activity: Criminal activity is experienced here as observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Unlike the band below, where criminal activity was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band engage with criminal activity at a level associated with formal behavioral assessment.
Intense Criminal Activity: Criminal activity is experienced here as observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Compared to the band below, criminal activity is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band engage with criminal activity at a level associated with formal behavioral assessment.
Peak Criminal Activity: Criminal activity is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where criminal activity was characterized by the behavioral form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect criminal activity at this level of intensity.