In addition to the survey on deviance, the students completed four items from the Cultural Mistrust Inventory and provided information on their parents' socioeconomic status as measured by level of education. The findings showed that, when compared to white non-Hispanics, African-American and Haitian black adolescents were more willing to violate the law; other Caribbean Island blacks had responses that were not significantly different from white non-Hispanic adolescents. There were no differences among the three groups of black adolescents regarding their disposition to deviance. There seemed to be higher levels of racial mistrust among foreign- born Haitians than among those born in the U.S., and among other Caribbean Islanders who were not born in the U.S. but have lived here more than 5 years. There was a positive correlation between feelings of mistrust and a willingness to violate social norms and laws. Parents' education was a negative predictor of disposition toward deviance only among Haitian respondents. 4 tables, 2 notes, and 41 references