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juvenile delinquency
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juvenile delinquency

Offences against the law that are committed by young people.

The American judicial system provides special status and treatment for juvenile offenders. Their identities are protected and their records barred from public view. Judicial proceedings are less formal than those of criminal courts. Incarceration may not extend beyond a defendant's majority. Sentencing is tailored to the developmental needs of defendants and may consist of probation, counseling, community service, supervision, or placement in homes for youthful offenders.
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Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services is one of Southern California's largest treatment and education centers for at-risk and delinquent children.
BIZ BUZZ by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
She also highlights the role the court performed in regard to dependent children, positioning that group as the objects of the court's work fully as much as the delinquent children who occupy most historians of juvenile justice.
Gateway to Justice: The Juvenile Court and Progressive Child Welfare ... by Robertson, Stephen / Journal of Social History
The legal fracas centers on a facility called Teen Ranch, which had been one of 35 "faith-based" groups contracting with Michigan's Family Independence Agency (FIA) to provide services to abused, neglected and delinquent children who have been placed in state care via the courts.
Sectarian 'Teen Ranch' has no right to tax funding, court rules by Church & State
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