Definition of "juvenile delinquency" []

• Antisocial or criminal behavior by children or adolescents. (noun)

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• "The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization."
• "It required, however, an adequate knowledge of adverse city conditions so productive of juvenile delinquency and a sympathy which could enkindle itself in many others of divers faiths and training, to arouse the club to its finest public spirit."
• "Dorothy Crawford’s classic study of the link between juvenile delinquency and learning disabilities has demonstrated that the LD adolescent confronts three significant risk factors in regard to delinquent behavior:"