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a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a medical study that followed juveniles through adolescence and into adulthood
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California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Charging juveniles as adults requires judicial approval, and the bar tends to be high.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
In New Orleans, that means that when a 17-year-old is arrested, police no longer alert their parents, a step that department policy requires for juveniles, according to a department spokesperson.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Landry and his Republican allies argued that Raise the Age and other liberal policies were responsible for a pandemic-era uptick in violent offenses committed by juveniles in Louisiana.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Changes in state law governing juveniles have mattered little to crime victims who draw a straight line between Gascón’s actions and street violence.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Charging juveniles as adults requires judicial approval, and the bar tends to be high.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
In New Orleans, that means that when a 17-year-old is arrested, police no longer alert their parents, a step that department policy requires for juveniles, according to a department spokesperson.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Landry and his Republican allies argued that Raise the Age and other liberal policies were responsible for a pandemic-era uptick in violent offenses committed by juveniles in Louisiana.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Changes in state law governing juveniles have mattered little to crime victims who draw a straight line between Gascón’s actions and street violence.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Juveniles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juveniles. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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