This study overcame prior studies by eliminating methodological restrictions of the past studies by using a quasi-experimental design, which takes into account temporal ordering issues, and by providing participants the opportunity to engage in deviant behavior. Three introductory criminal justice classes offered in the spring of 2000 at a small liberal arts college were used in this study. Students were given the opportunity to sign up for the research pool for extra credit. The students were told that the teacher wanted to examine the "statistical consistency" of a new personality test. The study measured its results with zero-order correlations, logistic regression prediction cheating behavior, and ordinary least squares regression on a cheating index. The extant empirical literature suggests that regardless of the methodology utilized, the theory of low self-control is predictive in many forms of deviant behavior, including academic dishonesty. Tables, appendixes, references