juvenile offender
Underage lawbreaker caught
A juvenile offender is a minor who has committed a crime or legal violation.
The term belongs to legal and social services contexts, where juveniles typically face different procedures and penalties than adults—rehabilitation over punishment, sealed records, separate detention facilities.
The age cutoff varies by jurisdiction but usually falls between 16 and 18.
The juvenile offender was remanded to a youth detention center.
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- counseling programsOrganized therapeutic assistance efforts
- probationSupervised trial period
- detention centerPlace for confining detainees
- impulsivityActing without considering consequences
gang involvement · restorative justice · cognitive development · educational support · adjudication · court-appointed lawyer · diversion program · second chance · socioeconomic factors · risk-taking behavior · vocational training · sealed records · family therapy · broken home · community service · attachment issues · acting out · turning point
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- delinquentsdelinquent, truant, hoodlum, hooligan, punk
- juvenile detentionjuvie, reform school, detention center, youth detention, delinquent
- captivesprisoner, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage
- ex-prisonersex-con, ex-convict, parolee, time served, conditional release
- suspectssuspect, accused, prime suspect, person of interest, alleged