The student may:

• Frequently have new items in desk, book bag, locker, etc

• Linger by teachers desk when no one is near it

• Appear suspicious, look around to see if anyone is watching, keep “eyeing” an item, etc

• Often “borrow” items from others or off desks, acting as though there is nothing wrong when confronted

• Have large sums of money or valuables, like electronics

• Be unable to explain how and where they got something from

• Have nearby students complain of missing items

• Have large stocks of pencils, markers, paper, supplies, etc

• Have hoarded items

• Have large currency bills

• Talk frequently about new items parents or relatives bought them

• Sneak back into school or rooms

• Sneak into to buildings after school

• Report plans to steal to friends

• Seem to be hiding items

• See nothing wrong with taking others’ belongings

• Lack remorse, guilt, sense of sorrow

• Demonstrate other deviant behaviors like fighting, breaking and entering in community, vandalism, conflicts with police and authority figures, frequent suspensions, hang out with “wrong crowd”, etc

• Have juvenile legal record

• Have parents complain about student taking things from homes when spending the night

• Have frequent reports from others

• Brag to others of new items

• Deny when confronted