The results of the study show that moral disengagement is related to some indices of social dysfunction and delinquency. Higher moral disengagement was related to the offenders’ families receiving help from a social worker; the expectation of an unstable living situation after custody; drug use before custody; and intention of drug use after custody. However, the results also suggest that moral disengagement is an independent variable exerting an influence on juvenile delinquent behavior over and above the social characteristics of juvenile delinquents. According to the theory of moral disengagement (Bandura, 1991 and 1999), apart from social influences, there is a strong influence of personal agency in human behavior. The aim of this study was to examine the relations of moral disengagement between several indices of social dysfunction and delinquency and compare the scores of an institutionalized sample of young offenders with the scores of a community sample. Table and references