Young Offender

A young offender is a young person who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offense. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term 'young offender' to different age groups depending on the age of criminal responsibility in that country.

Read more about Young Offender:  United Kingdom, Northern Europe

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or offender:

    “Minerva House ... was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “The offender never pardons.”
    —English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)