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    Juvenile delinquency refers to anti-social or criminal behavior by young people under the age of 18. It involves acts that violate laws and social norms and, if left unchecked, could lead to criminal behavior. Juvenile delinquents are defined as people who have not reached the age of legal adulthood and whose behavior has been deemed delinquent by a court. They can generally be grouped into those under 7, between 7-12, and those over 12 but under 18 years old.

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    Juvenile delinquency refers to anti-social or criminal behavior by young people under the age of 18. It involves acts that violate laws and social norms and, if left unchecked, could lead to criminal behavior. Juvenile delinquents are defined as people who have not reached the age of legal adulthood and whose behavior has been deemed delinquent by a court. They can generally be grouped into those under 7, between 7-12, and those over 12 but under 18 years old.

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    Juvenile delinquency refers to anti-social or criminal behavior by young people under the age of 18. It involves acts that violate laws and social norms and, if left unchecked, could lead to criminal behavior. Juvenile delinquents are defined as people who have not reached the age of legal adulthood and whose behavior has been deemed delinquent by a court. They can generally be grouped into those under 7, between 7-12, and those over 12 but under 18 years old.

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    JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

    SUBJECT PROFESSOR – TEODY T. BASILIO, MSCRIM.


    A. INTRODUCTION TO JUVENILE
    DELINQUENCY

    Juvenile Delinquency - is an anti-social behavior or act which


    differs from the normal model of set of laws and parameters,
    culture, customs which society in broad-spectrum does not
    conform.
    Juvenile delinquency - generally refers to youth behavior which is
    against to norms and regulations of society, which if left
    unchecked would give rise to criminality.
    B. DEFINITION OF TERMS
    JUVENILE
    - It connotes a state of immaturity or incomplete development.
    - A person who is not yet fully developed not an adult or has characteristics
    of a youth or child.
    - He is a child or a young person, under the legal system may be dealt with
    for an offense in a manner different from that of an adult.
    - These are young people regarded as immature or one whose mental as
    well as emotional faculties are not fully developed, thus, making them
    incapable of taking full responsibility oftheir actions.
    DELINQUENCY
    - It is a violation of law, ordinance or rule which is punishable of youth or
    child.
    - Refers to the failure to perform an act required by law, or the non-
    performance of duty or obligation that is mandated by existing law or rule.
    - Refers to any action, course or conducts that deviate from acts approved
    by the majority of people. It is a description of act that do not conform to the
    accepted rules, norms and mores of the society.
    JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
    - It is an act committed by a minor which violates the penal code of the government
    with authority over the area in which the act occurred.
    - These are anti social activities of persons of below 18 years of age.
    - The acts committed by minors to violate the code of the government or to violate
    law and public order.
    - It is used to describe a large number of disapproved behaviors of children or youths.
    In this sense anything that the youth does which other do not like is called Juvenile
    Delinquency.
    - It refers to any action or conduct of children or youth that is not conventional or not
    normally accepted by the people.
    JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
    - A juvenile delinquent is a person who has not yet reached the age of
    maturity, and whose behavior has been labeled delinquent by a court.

    - It may be grouped in three ways:


    a.Children aging below 7 years
    b.Children aging 7 to 12 years-juveniles who have
    doliincapax (not capable of having criminal intent)
    c.Youths aging above 12 but below 18 y.o

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