Definition of Delinquency. Meaning of Delinquency. Synonyms of Delinquency

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Definition of Delinquency

Delinquency
Delinquency De*lin"quen*cy, n.; pl. Delinquencies. [L. delinquentia, fr. delinquens.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime. The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. --Motley.

Meaning of Delinquency from wikipedia

- Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of parti****ting in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory...
- Look up Delinquent, delinquency, delinquent, or delinquents in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delinquent may refer to: Delinquent (royalist), Royalists...
- on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents, resulted from a New Zealand ministerial inquiry (the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children...
- Juvenile delinquency in the United States refers to crimes committed by children or young people, particularly those under the age of eighteen (or seventeen...
- The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) is a United States federal law providing formula grants to states that follow a series...
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editors...
- The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office...
- Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency was established by the United States Senate in 1953 to investigate the problem of juvenile delinquency. The subcommittee...
- 1972. He is known for his work on juvenile delinquency, including the 1988 college textbook Juvenile Delinquency: Historical, Cultural, Legal Perspectives...
- famous work, Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, was published in 1972. This book marked the beginning of large-scale studies of crime and delinquency. It was a...