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