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juvenile delinquency
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juvenile delinquency
n.
Antisocial or criminal behavior by children or adolescents.

juvenile delinquency
n
(Law) antisocial or criminal conduct by juvenile delinquents
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.juvenile delinquency - an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Translations
juvenile delinquency ndelinquenza minorile


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According to statistics compiled by the Criminal Investigation Department in the nine months of this year ending September, 328 juvenile crimes were reported, of which 292 cases involved boys and 36 girls.
A juvenile crime can include a wide variety of crimes normally committed by adults.
Try as I might, I cannot see the connection between young children going missing, being killed or hurt, etc, at the hands of adults and juvenile crime.
 
 
 
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