young offenders
Underage lawbreakers caught
Young offenders are minors who have committed crimes or violated laws.
The term appears in legal contexts to distinguish juvenile delinquents from adult criminals, reflecting different treatment in the justice system: The young offenders were sent to a rehabilitation facility rather than prison.
British usage favors this term; Americans more often say juvenile offenders or juvenile delinquents.
- youthsPersons not yet adult
- juvenile courtTribunal for minor defendants
- delinquentFailing in duty
- childPerson before puberty
- broken homeFamily split by separation
criminality · youth crime · teenagers · youth advocacy · restorative justice · reformatory · rehabilitation · second chance · diversion · boot camp · scared straight · youth mentorship · youth worker · detention · at-risk youth · minors · early intervention · truant
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- juvenile justicejuvenile court, juvenile hall, juvenile detention, juvenile courts, youth court
- youth justicejuvenile court, juvenile courts, youth court, youth courts, juvenile detention
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats