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juvenile crime  

Definition

  • Children in American society have, historically, been regarded as innocent beings who are still at a relatively early stage of their development and are behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally immature. Society is keen to impute to children all of the characteristics that are believed to represent the vulnerable nature of childhood—goodness, inexperience, and blamelessness; consequently, when children violate the law, social sensibilities are offended. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Juvenile Crime]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-K6TW92CH-J

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