- young offender
- noun Law (in the UK) a criminal from 14 to 17 years of age.
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young offender — noun A lawbreaker aged between 10 and 21 (young offender institution an establishment, replacing the borstal, for the detention of young offenders who are given custodial sentences) • • • Main Entry: ↑young * * * young offender UK US noun… … Useful english dictionary
young offender — ► NOUN Law ▪ (in the UK) a criminal between 14 and 17 years of age … English terms dictionary
Young offender — A young offender is a young person who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term young offender to… … Wikipedia
young offender — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms young offender : singular young offender plural young offenders British someone who has committed a crime but is not old enough to be treated as an adult by the law courts … English dictionary
young offender institution — [young offender institution] noun a type of prison in Britain for young people who have committed crimes. Young offender institutions contain people aged 15–17 who have been found guilty in ↑youth courts and people aged 18–20 who have been found… … Useful english dictionary
young offender institution — a place of detention for persons under 21 years of age. The idea is to keep the younger offender away from the older and more experienced criminals in the adult prisons that would otherwise become academies of crime . Collins dictionary of law. W … Law dictionary
young offender — young of fender n a criminal in Britain who is not an adult according to the law … Dictionary of contemporary English
young offender institution — n a type of prison in Britain for young people who have committed crimes. Young offender institutions contain people aged 15–17 who have been found guilty in youth courts and people aged 18–20 who have been found guilty in ordinary courts for… … Universalium
young offender — noun (C) a criminal in Britain who is not an adult according to the law … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution — (or HMYOI) is a type of British prison intended for offenders aged between 18 and 21. There are as of 2005 14 dedicated institutions: In 2007 young offender institutions will be abolished with those over 18 sent to adult prisons.* HMP Ashfield *… … Wikipedia
