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For serious crimes, a juvenile can sometimes be tried as an adult. The jail will not put a juvenile offender in a cell with an adult offender.
A delinquent juvenile is a young person who has committed a crime or violated a law. They may be subject to the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal justice system.
juvenile means a person who is not yet an adult, under the legal age, 16, 18, 21, depends where you are, so not all juvenile's are bad.
In all 50 states a person is a minor until they turn 18. At 18 a person is an adult.
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It depends on the juvenile and the offense.
The majority of states no longer expunge juvenile traffic records when the person becomes an adult. Juvenile traffic offenses are generally adjudicated in the same traffic court as those of adults. In some states the parents have the option of requesting the minor child's traffic case be held in juvenile rather than adult court.
It could be an adult female or a juvenile brown-headed cowbird of either sex.
The word juvenile means not yet adult. You are a juvenile human.
(noun: underage person) He was tried as a juvenile, and not as an adult which would have yielded harsher punishment. (adjective: underage, immature) His behavior was often juvenile, and he would shout at you if who disagreed with him. The juvenile raccoon was still trying to follow its mother around.
No, once they are certified with a criminal adult status, they no longer qualify for the juvenile justice system.
An ARREST.