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Meaning of "young offender" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF YOUNG OFFENDER

young offender  [jʌŋ əˈfɛndə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YOUNG OFFENDER

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conjunction
determiner
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Young offender is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YOUNG OFFENDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

Definition of young offender in the English dictionary

The definition of young offender in the dictionary is a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUNG OFFENDER


agenda
əˈdʒɛndə
bartender
ˈbɑːˌtɛndə
bender
ˈbɛndə
blender
ˈblɛndə
defender
dɪˈfɛndə
entender
ɪnˈtɛndə
extender
ɪkˈstɛndə
fazenda
fəˈzɛndə
fender
ˈfɛndə
gender
ˈdʒɛndə
hacienda
ˌhæsɪˈɛndə
lender
ˈlɛndə
offender
əˈfɛndə
pretender
prɪˈtɛndə
render
ˈrɛndə
slender
ˈslɛndə
surrender
səˈrɛndə
tender
ˈtɛndə
transgender
ˌtrænzˈdʒɛndə
Venda
ˈvɛndə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YOUNG OFFENDER

young blood
Young Conservative
Young Conservatives
Young Fogey
young gun
young hyson
Young Ireland
young lady
young man
young marrieds
Young Men´s Christian Association
young offender institution
young offenders institution
Young Pretender
Young Turk
Young Women´s Christian Association
young-looking
Young´s modulus
youngberries
youngberry

WORDS THAT END LIKE YOUNG OFFENDER

Alexander
ascender
calender
contender
descender
engender
gender-bender
goaltender
hellbender
lavender
mender
moneylender
mortgage lender
public defender
repeat offender
sender
sex offender
spender
suspender
vender
weekender

Synonyms and antonyms of young offender in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «young offender» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YOUNG OFFENDER

Find out the translation of young offender to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of young offender from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «young offender» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

青少年罪犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

joven delincuente
570 millions of speakers

English

young offender
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युवा अपराधी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الجاني الشباب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молодой преступник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jovem infrator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরুণ অপরাধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeune contrevenant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pesalah muda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

junge Täter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

若い犯罪者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

젊은 범죄자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelanggar enom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người phạm tội trẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இளம் குற்றவாளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तरुण गुन्हेगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genç suçlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giovane delinquente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

młody przestępca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молодий злочинець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tânăr infractor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεαρός παραβάτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jong oortreder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unga förövare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ung lovbryter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of young offender

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YOUNG OFFENDER»

The term «young offender» is regularly used and occupies the 98.330 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YOUNG OFFENDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «young offender» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «young offender» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about young offender

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOUNG OFFENDER»

Discover the use of young offender in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to young offender and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Delinquency and Citizenship: Reclaiming the Young Offender, ...
Drawing on in-depth research and historical case studies, this book looks at the formation, development, and implementation of policy for young offenders between 1914 and 1948 in the context of the welfare activities of modern Britain.
Victor Bailey, 1987
2
Blackstone's Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing
95 Custody for life: place of detention (1) Subject to section 22(2)(b) of the Prison Act 1952 (removal to hospital etc.), an offender sentenced to custody for life shall be detained in a young offender institution unless a direction under subsection ...
Nicola Padfield, 2014
3
Children's Rights and the Developing Law
appropriate adult the full implications of receiving a reprimand or warning, and 314 But of ensuring that the young offender's admission is voluntary and reliable. although receiving a warning may appear a relatively benign form of intervention,  ...
Jane Fortin, 2009
4
Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2012 (book only)
when fixing the appropriate term ofdetention in a young offender institution, a powerful factor (although not a sole or determining factor) would be the term which the offender would have been likely to receive if he had been sentenced at the ...
‎2011
5
Policies for Diversity in Education
Young Offender Institutions In 1988, Home Office Prison Department provision for young offenders was unified. The former detention centres, first introduced in 1948, and youth custody centres, which began in the 1920s as 'borstals', were ...
Tony Booth, 1992
6
Young Offenders and the Law: How the Law Responds to Youth ...
(3) Reparation: section 67 of the 1998 Act established the reparation order which is designed to encourage the young offender to acknowledge the consequences of their behaviour. The court can order the young person to make reparation to ...
Raymond Arthur, 2010
7
Report of the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry (Vols. 1 and 2)
These terms were to be served concurrently, and therefore amounted to 90 days' detention in a young offender institution in all. He was advised by his solicitors that there were no grounds for appealing against his sentence. 5.1 1 Over the next ...
Zahid Mubarek Inquiry, 2006
8
Violence Juvénile, Nouvelles Formes Et Strategies Locales-- ...
Our main findings are that in the English juvenile court sessions the prosecutor and the defender mainly steer the process, addressing the Bench, which usually consists of three lay magistrates. Insofar as the young offender participates in their ...
Frieder Dünkel, Kirstin Drenkhahn, 2003
9
Victim-Offender Mediation with Youth Offenders in Europe: An ...
The same person is called upon to perform a non directive action as mediator between a young offender and a victim. They are thus required to have a double set of competencies combining conflicting qualities. In conclusion, one can note a  ...
Anna Mestitz, Simona Ghetti, 2006
10
Suicides in Prison
It has been possible, using Dooley's figures, and Prison Statistics for England and Wales, to show how young-offender suicide rates compare with all suicides in prison between 1972 and 1987.2 Using the same calculations as those shown by ...
Alison Liebling, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOUNG OFFENDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term young offender is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Offenders subject to 'degrading' and 'racist' treatment
Young offenders at a secure centre near Rugby were subjected to degrading treatment and racist comments and were cared for by staff who were under the ... «ITV News, May 15»
2
Supreme Court rejects argument Omar Khadr was adult offender
The high court didn't expressly declare Khadr was a young offender at the time of his crimes, but the ruling is based on the fact that the sentence he received ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
3
Plans to close Calgary Young Offender Centre put on hold
CALGARY – Plans to close the Calgary Young Offender Centre (CYOC) and the Calgary Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) office have been put on hold ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
4
Snyder Expected to Sign Bill Giving More Young Offenders A …
A bill on it's way to the governor's desk would give more young people in trouble a second chance. The Senate approved changes to a law that lets judges ... «9&10 News, May 15»
5
Calgary Young Offender Centre closure draws 200 protesters
The province's decision to close the Calgary Young Offender Centre and move the youth to Edmonton is still generating controversy. The centre houses young ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
6
'Victorian-style' justice for young offenders really worked, says new …
That's according to new research, which found that young offenders in Victorian times were three and a half times less likely to re-offend than their present-day ... «Metro, Apr 15»
7
Calgary Young Offender Centre sending inmates to Edmonton amid …
CALGARY – The Alberta government announced plans to pare down the Calgary Young Offender Centre (CYOC) and close the Calgary Maintenance ... «Globalnews.ca, Mar 15»
8
Specially trained officers called to quell disturbance at young
AN inmate was taken to prison with head injuries after a riot lasting several hours at a North-East young offenders institution. The major disturbance at Deerbolt ... «The Northern Echo, Mar 15»
9
Bullying rises at young offender institution where boy killed himself
A young offenders institution criticised for failing to support a 17-year-old boy who hanged himself after being bullied is still struggling to keep its inmates safe, ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
10
Major young offender institution compared to Lord of the Flies
A notorious young offenders institution has been compared to Lord of the Flies after an official report linked hundreds of incidents of self-harm and several ... «The Independent, Aug 14»

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