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• Juvenile delinquency — This article is about antisocial or illegal behavior by children or adolescents. For the song, see Teenage Crime (song). Criminology and penology Theories Causes and correlates of crime Anomie Differential association …   Wikipedia

• Juvenile — Between infantile and adult as, for example, in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (onset before age 16 years). * * * ju·ve·nile jü və .nīl, vən əl adj 1) physiologically immature or undeveloped <juvenile fish> 2) of, relating to, characteristic …   Medical dictionary

• juvenile — 1. adjective 1) juvenile offenders Syn: young, teenage, adolescent, boyish, girlish, junior, pubescent, prepubescent, youthful See note at youthful Ant: adult …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Juvenile hormone — Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of acyclic sesquiterpenoids that regulate many aspects of insect physiology. JHs regulate development, reproduction, diapause, and polyphenisms.[1][2][3] In insects, JH (formerly called neotenin) refers to a… …   Wikipedia

• juvenile delinquency — behavior of a child or youth that is so marked by violation of law, persistent mischievousness, antisocial behavior, disobedience, or intractability as to thwart correction by parents and to constitute a matter for action by the juvenile courts.… …   Universalium

• juvenile delinquency — n 1) conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action 2) a violation of the law committed by a juvenile and not punishable by death or life imprisonment …   Medical dictionary

• juvenile delinquency — n: a violation of the law committed by a juvenile that would have been a crime if committed by an adult; also: antisocial behavior by juveniles that is subject to legal action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• juvenile delinquency — n. behavior by young persons of not more than a specified age, usually 18 years, that is antisocial or in violation of the law juvenile delinquent n …   English World dictionary

• Behavior modification facility — A behavior modification facility (or Youth Residential Program) is a private, residential educational institution to which parents send adolescents who are perceived as displaying antisocial behavior, in an attempt to alter their conduct. The… …   Wikipedia

• juvenile justice — Introduction       system of laws, policies, and procedures intended to regulate the processing and treatment of nonadult offenders for violations of law and to provide legal remedies that protect their interests in situations of conflict or… …   Universalium

• Juvenile delinquency in the United States — In the United States, a juvenile delinquent is a person who has not yet reached the age of majority, and whose behavior has been labeled as a Juvenile delinquent by a court. The specific requirements vary from state to state. In the United States …   Wikipedia