juvenile delinquent
Underage lawbreaking youth
A juvenile delinquent is a young person, typically under eighteen, who has committed crimes or engages in antisocial behavior.
The term belongs to legal and social work contexts: The court ordered the juvenile delinquent into a rehabilitation program.
Informally, it describes any troublemaking youth: The neighbors called the kids juvenile delinquents for trampling their flowers.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- youthState of being immature
- minorScale with lowered third
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
- underageBelow legal minimum years
puberty · peer pressure · high school · middle school · dropout · runaway · rebellious · wayward
Unauthorized absence from school
- vandalismWillful property damage
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
curfew violation · underage drinking · smoking · sneaking out · joyriding · petty theft · loitering · trespassing
Institution for young offenders
- detention centerPlace for confining detainees
- group homeSupervised shared residence
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
therapy · mentorship · community service · restorative justice · intervention · social worker · case manager · boot camp
Unlawful taking of property
- assaultViolent offensive act
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- drug possessionUnlawful custody of narcotics
gang involvement · arson · weapons charge · battery · larceny · breaking and entering · car theft · drug dealing
Supervised trial period
- detentionTemporary official holding
- arrestSeize by law
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
disposition · custody · parole · diversion program · plea · sentencing · judge · public defender
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- youthState of being immature
- minorScale with lowered third
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
underage · puberty · peer pressure · high school · middle school · dropout · runaway · rebellious · wayward · impressionable
truancy
Unauthorized absence from school
- vandalismWillful property damage
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
bullying · curfew violation · underage drinking · smoking · sneaking out · joyriding · petty theft · loitering · trespassing · disorderly conduct
reform school
Institution for young offenders
- detention centerPlace for confining detainees
- group homeSupervised shared residence
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
counseling · therapy · mentorship · community service · restorative justice · intervention · social worker · case manager · boot camp · vocational training
theft
Unlawful taking of property
drug possession · gang involvement · arson · weapons charge · battery · larceny · breaking and entering · car theft · drug dealing · felony
probation
Supervised trial period
- detentionTemporary official holding
- arrestSeize by law
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
adjudication · disposition · custody · parole · diversion program · plea · sentencing · judge · public defender · prosecutor
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, imps, brats, lawbreakers
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- delinquentsyoung offender, youth offender, truant, hoodlum, hooligan
- juvenile courtdetention hearings, youth offenders, disposition, custody hearings, adjudication
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, baby boom
- young oneschild, baby, infant, toddler, kid
juvenile delinquentgood kid
honor student · straight-A student · goody two-shoes · boy scout · choir boy
juvenile delinquentgolden child
Family's most favored member
youth leader · valedictorian · Girl Scout · Eagle Scout · class president
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