juvenile delinquency

juvenile delinquency. Antisocial behavior by a minor; esp., behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult, but instead is usu. punished by special laws pertaining only to minors. Cf. INCORRIGIBILITY. [Cases: Infants 153. C.J.S. Infants §§ 33–35, 41–42, 64, 67.]

“ ‘Juvenile delinquency,’ when employed as a technical term rather than merely a descriptive phrase, is entirely a legislative product ….” Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 940 (3d ed. 1982).

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