Although juvenile delinquenq has been studied from divergent theoretical approaches (5), Tun (4) has recently postulated that delinquents are more likely to score low 011 measures of achievement motivation than non-delinquents. This study retested Tutt's hypothesis. Achievement motivation was measured by the n Acb scale developed by Smith (3). It is a paper-and-pencil in which respondents are required to make true/false responses to statements. Smith has reported a correlation of .48 between his objecrive and McClelland's projective test. Although this correlation was not high, Smith argues it compares quire favourably with a corrected split-half correlation of .58 for the projective test (p. 140). The split-half reliability for Smith's scale was reported as 56. The relationships of McClelland's projective and Smith's n Acb scale with other variables such as age, sex, education, intelligence are described in detail by Smith (3). In this study, Smith's n Ach scale was administered to 21 delinquents in an Ontario Training School and to 18 students attending a second-year bachelor's degree course at the University of Ottawa. The mean age of the delinquent group war 21 yr. (SD, 4.5) while that of the non-delinquent group was 23 yr. (SD, 3.7). There was no significant difference in the mean age of the two groups (t, 1.46). The mean achievement motivation score of the delinquent group was 6.52 (SD, 1.72) while that of the non-delinquent group was 7.05 (SD, 1.16). Though the delinquent group scored lower than the non-delinquent group suggesting supportive eiidence for Tutt's hypothesis, the difference was not statistically significant (t, 1.08). One possible reason for the non-significant findings may be Smith's short questionnaire of n Ach, which may restrict the range of scores on the achievement measure. This problem with short questionnaires has been noted by O'Gorman (2) in relation to the eight-item scale of achievement motivation developed by Linn ( 1 ). This brief study provides limited evidence in support of the relationship between achievement motivation and delinquency. However, further research is needed. Since criminal behavior is not homogeneous different offences such as theft offences, violent offences, should be related separately to achievement motivation. Such research should include other variables such as self-concept, social class, etc., and perhaps utilize self-report measures of criminal behavior.