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Definition of Juvenile delinquent
1. Noun. A young offender.
Definition of Juvenile delinquent
1. Noun. (legal) A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Juvenile delinquent
1. A minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, such as vandalism, violence, or robbery. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Juvenile Delinquent
Literary usage of Juvenile delinquent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Evolution of the "juvenile delinquent." The attitude of society toward the juvenile
delinquent has undergone a fundamental change within a few decades. ..."
2. Psychology for Normal Schools by Lawrence Augustus Averill (1921)
"LESSON 40 THE juvenile delinquent What juvenile delinquency is. You have doubtless
very frequently seen in the daily press accounts of boys, and sometimes ..."
3. Child Problems by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"DEVELOPMENT OF THE juvenile delinquent. The attitude of society toward the juvenile
delinquent has undergone a fundamental change within a few decades. ..."
4. Adjustment of School Organization to Various Population Groups by Robert Alexander Fyfe McDonald (1915)
"CHAPTER III PROVISIONS FOR THE juvenile delinquent, UNRULY, AND TRUANT The
treatment of delinquents up to the present has been characterized by four aims ..."
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