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Encyclopedia > Delinquency

Delinquency means failure to do that which is required by law or by duty. Delinquency is often used to refer to criminal acts of juvenilesjuvenile delinquents. Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... This article is in need of attention. ... for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... Juvenile has a number of uses: A juvenile can be an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, maturity or size; for humans this is called a child. ... Juvenile delinquency refers to antisocial or criminal acts performed by juveniles. ...


In other cases, delinquency refers to a failure to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage. Failure to cure a delinquent payment can result in repossession or foreclosure. Debt is that which is owed. ... Finance addresses the ways in which individuals, business entities and other organizations allocate and use monetary resources over time. ... A mortgage (Law French for dead pledge) is a device used to create a lien on real estate by contract. ... Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a piece of real property due to the owners default on its promissory note. ...


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About Juvenile Delinquents - What is Juvenile Delinquency (246 words)
The prevention of delinquency requires identifying at-risk individuals and their environments before delinquent activity and behavior occur, and then removing such risk factors or strengthening resistance to the risk factors already present.
If your child is overtly defiant to authority figures, lying, exhibiting aggressive behavior, you may be headed for trouble.
These are some of the common symptoms of the onset of Juvenile Delinquency.
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