British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578, Vol.15 NoI (2013) ©BritishJournal Publishing, Inc. 2013 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx 1 Locus of Control over the Types of Crime among Secondary School Students in the District of Pasir Gudang, Johor. Nurul Atieqah Abdul Khilid Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Faizah Abd Ghani, Dr Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Azian Abd Aziz, Dr Akademi Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia faizah-ag@utm.my Abstract The purpose of this research is to examine the locus of control over the types of crime among secondary school students in the district of Pasir Gudang. Research design used in this study is a correlation study. This study was conducted on 380 respondents randomly selected from 13 schools in the district of Pasir Gudang. The questionnaire used by the researchers in this study consists of three parts, namely, information on demographics, locus of control and types of crime. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. The results showed 62.4 percent of students have external locus of control, while 37.6 percent have internal locus of control. In addition, the study also showed 21.26 percent of respondents are involved with property crime, where the highest mean value was 1.88 for vandalism, followed by stealing with 1.29 and burglary with a mean value 1.26. Furthermore, the study also showed that 23.68 percent of the respondents were involved in violent crime. For violent crime, sexual offences dominated with a mean of 1.67, followed by blackmail with 1.42 and bullying with a mean value 1.41. The results also showed there is no significant relationship between the locus of control types and types of crime among secondary students in the district of Pasir Gudang. Keywords: Locus of control, crimes, school students