The phrase "adolescent offender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to discussions about juvenile crime, legal matters, or social issues involving young individuals who have committed offenses.
Example: "The court has implemented rehabilitation programs specifically designed for adolescent offenders to help them reintegrate into society."
Alternatives: "juvenile delinquent" or "youthful offender".
If you are wondering what the emotional life of an adolescent offender could be like, I recommend checking out the independent film Another Earth.
CD, however, has been found to predict recidivism in adolescent offender populations [ 17, 18], over and above offense characteristics [ 19].
A number of self-report screens for PDs are available [ 40], but few of them have been validated in adolescent offender samples, or only target one specific type of PD [ 41].
This is in line with previous studies which revealed that Moroccan adolescents in pre-trial arrest in the Netherlands represent an offender type characterized by less serious offending behavior and less mental health problems than native Dutch adolescent offenders.
I worked in C-74, which was a facility used to hold adolescent offenders.
A clinician friend, who works with adolescent offenders, is very angry about it.
The students, who are referred to Community Prep by a special Manhattan school admissions office, reflect the general population of adolescent offenders, Ms. Bermudez said.
Piquero and Wesley Jennings, a professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, analyzed the cases of more than a thousand adolescent offenders in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
She used her knowledge of the law and her devotion to child welfare to help found Community Attention, group homes that provided adolescent offenders an alternative to more punitive, and less effective, detention facilities.
Californians overwhelmingly approved a ban on the recognition of same-sex marriages, as well as a laundry list of laws that stiffen penalties for adolescent offenders and make it easier to try youths as adults.
Lawrence said the problems of juveniles in NT prisons had to be addressed "by a system that's properly resourced, providing nothing less than best practice which is acquitted by fully qualified and professionally trained staff, creating appropriate behavioural programs and education for adolescent offenders of various types and backgrounds".
