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juvenile delinquency
(redirected from Youthful offender)

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juvenile delinquency,
persistent antisocial, illegal, or criminal behavior by children or adolescents to the degree that it cannot be controlled or corrected by the parents. It endangers others in the community, and it becomes the concern of a law enforcement agency.
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Q. Can someone please explain the reason for juvenile delinquency?

A. Juvenile delinquency is not necessarily a trait of bipolar disorder, although it is possible for a person with bipolar disorder to act on impulse while experiencing an episode. To use Justins example, shop lifting, an adult in a manic episode may spend all of their money without thought or reason, where a child/youth may not have money to spend which may lead to shop lifting. In a manic episode Justin is right the lines between right and wrong can be blurred, thus the person suffering may make poor decisions and can find themselves in trouble with the law.

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KARACHI, May 29, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly, Shehla Raza has urged for concerted efforts to initiate educational and vocational training facilities at the Youthful Offenders Industrial School (Juvenile Jail), Karachi.
Sindh Assembly Deputy Speaker seeks support for juvenile prisoners by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Support the adoption of legislation in each state that authorizes correctional authorities to place people under the age of majority who are detained or sentenced as adults in an appropriate juvenile detention/correctional system or youthful offender system distinct from the adult system; C.
Policies and resolutions by Corrections Today
The bill further revises current law, which only permits one category of young adult offenders to be housed with youthful offenders while another category is precluded--now both categories of young adult offenders could be housed with youthful offenders.
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