How to Use juvenile delinquency in a Sentence

juvenile delinquency

noun

• For one of them, running saved him from juvenile delinquency.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 7 June 2019
• The day’s hearing, the ones listed on the docket include guardianship and juvenile delinquency cases.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, azcentral, 31 July 2019
• The prosecution of a 12-year-old girl would be handled in the juvenile delinquency system rather than in adult criminal court, Kimpel said.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• Roy Norquist, the city’s first probation officer, thought the lack of a swimming pool contributed to juvenile delinquency.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2020
• When Tjay was 15, his juvenile delinquency had resulted in a yearlong sentence for a robbery.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
• In a petition for juvenile delinquency, the teen faces eight felony counts of first-degree reckless injury, and one misdemeanor count of possessing a firearm while under 18.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2020
• When Pierce was young, her mother volunteered at a youth home in Fort Wayne that engaged with juvenile delinquency cases, and Pierce and her brothers would join her in serving at holiday parties for the youth there.
  — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2020
• That drew the attention of a psychiatrist named Fredric Wertham, who became famous for his crusade against comic books as a major cause of juvenile delinquency.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Sep. 2022
• Most probably don’t know that Simpson’s teenage years were full of (to be charitable) juvenile delinquency.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• In baroque prose, Coover subtly criticizes the zeitgeist, loose morals, juvenile delinquency and parental negligence.
  — Yu-Yun Hsieh, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• The boy was arrested on a charge of juvenile delinquency, to wit possession of a BB gun and unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• That leads to a series of displays of juvenile delinquency — from arson to teen drinking to armed robbery — each of which ostensibly carries its own inherent messages.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• The girl faces three charges of juvenile delinquency: one count of assault and battery on a person over age 60 causing serious injury, and two counts of assault and battery on a public employee, according to police.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Violating the probation terms, such as by skipping school or getting arrested again, could lead to juvenile delinquency charges.
  — Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• She was charged with three counts of juvenile delinquency/intimidation, police said.
  — Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2018
• In the 1950s, Mouly notes, congressional hearings were held on what lawmakers saw as a possible connection between juvenile delinquency and comics.
  — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
• In a petition for juvenile delinquency, the teen faces eight felony counts of first-degree reckless injury, and one misdemeanor count of possessing a firearm while under 18, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
  — chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• He was convicted of juvenile delinquency and testified against fellow gang members.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 May 2020
• These children also might be prone to pathological lying and juvenile delinquency.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2021
• All charges are listed in a juvenile delinquency petition, which differs from a criminal complaint in terms of public accessibility and the type of punishment that can be imposed.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2022
• At least one contract includes children with juvenile delinquency cases.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, azcentral, 17 Aug. 2020
• A year later, California became the first state to drop all administrative fees in juvenile delinquency cases.
  — Annie Sciacca, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
• After Japan is plunged into a recession that sees dramatic rises in juvenile delinquency, a busload of students are shipped to a remote island to fight to the death, both as an example to the nation’s youth and as a form of horrifying entertainment.
  — Liam Hes, Vogue, 14 July 2021
• Judges have wide leeway to prescribe mental health care, residential treatment, hospitalization or any other remedy to help a child in both cases of juvenile delinquency and where a child is a victim of an abusive or neglectful home.
  — Peter Nickeas, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Among them were children with serious medical and psychiatric diagnoses, records of juvenile delinquency and histories of running away.
  — David Jackson, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2020
• The nonprofit’s website indicated it is based in South Holland and was created in 2007 to address problems of juvenile delinquency in Chicago’s poorest communities.
  — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2022
• Crime and horror comics were widely criticized as promoting juvenile delinquency.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 7 July 2018
• The new officers will be tasked with following individual cases of juvenile delinquency, Mr. Shea said, in an effort to rehabilitate young people involved in crimes.
  — Ben Chapman, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2020
• Getting children off to the right start pays off, reducing juvenile delinquency, addictions, school dropout rates, learning disabilities, obesity and other problems.
  — kansascity, 30 June 2018
• They're appointed by judges for people who can't afford to hire attorneys — mostly in criminal defense cases, but also for other matters like juvenile delinquencies and child protection cases.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jul 2024