juvenile delinquency
Minor's illegal behavior
Juvenile delinquency is criminal or antisocial behavior by minors—typically those under eighteen.
The term belongs to legal and social work contexts, where a juvenile delinquent is a young person who has committed offenses that would be crimes if done by an adult, or status offenses like truancy that apply only to minors.
The city launched programs to reduce juvenile delinquency.
- crimePunishable illegal act
- youth offenderMinor who breaks law
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- antisocial behaviorConduct harming community welfare
- acting outExpressing distress behaviorally
criminal law · parental responsibility · at-risk youth · broken home · crime prevention · youth crime · school violence · peer pressure · bad influence · street gang · curfew violations · running away · early intervention · scared straight · reform schools · group home · restorative justice · vandalism
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- behavior problemsaggression, defiance, tantrums, bullying, hitting
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- juvenile courtdetention hearings, youth offenders, disposition, custody hearings, adjudication
- juvenile justiceyouth court, youth detention, detention center, youth courts, youth offenders
- criminologycrime, criminology, criminal behavior, criminologist, criminalization
juvenile delinquencyrule-following
Adhering to regulations
civic virtue · civic responsibility · obedience · conformity · lawfulness
juvenile delinquencyyouth leadership
Young people in charge
academic success · civic engagement · community service · Eagle Scout · honor student