When is Spending Time with Peers Related to Delinquency? The Importance of Where, What and With Whom. Crime and Delinquency. A questionnaire to measure self reported delinquent behavior, and several explanatory variables including morality, self control, social bonds and potential peer influences. The study is designed to test various theories of crime and offending, in particular Situational Action Theory developed by Wikstrom (e.g. Wikstrom, 2006; 2009). The study instruments measure theoretical constructs at the individual, family, peer, school, and neighborhood level.