While a considerable number of studies have investigated the relationship between athletic participation and delinquency, populations have typically been comprised of samples of high school age youths. Little if any attention has been paid to younger populations. Given the increased emphasis on youth sports, the growing number of boys and girls involved in organized programs of sport, and the increase in serious crime by preteenage children, it would appear both opportune and pertinent to extend the research on sport and delinquency to include preadolescent populations.