Juvenile Delinquency Flashcards
Juvenile deliquency: Psychological problems: personality disorders, inferiority complexes,
Inadequate family care
Lack of proper upbringing
Family poverty
Educatinal failure
Turancy
School dropouts
Peer pressure
Suggestions to address: Youth employment opportunities, After-school programmes, Public recreation programmes, initiatives introduced to provide the youth with social skills
Detterent and prevention efforts:
Prevention of child abuse(child labour)
Compulsary primary education
An organised group of offenders and criminals
Gang
A person guilty of a crime of doing sth illegal
Culprit
A court of law deals with children
Juvenile court
A serious crime such as a murder
Felony
Relating to the administration of justice
Judicial
A person who does sth wrong and unlawful
Miscreant
Activities/people regarded ss disrespectful and criminal
Lowlife
Have you made a decision about my wrongdoing?
Wrongdoing
Law-breaker
Evildoer
Villain
😞
To prove someone guilty
Convict
Educate again smas so to change someone’s behaviour
Re-education
A crime thwt is not very serious
Misdemeanor