Youthful Offender - Law Dictionary Search Results
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youthful offender : a young person (as one within a statutorily specified age range) who commits a crime but is granted special status entitling him or her to a more lenient punishment (as one involving probation or confinement in a special youth correctional facility) than would otherwise be available compare juvenile delinquent, status offender NOTE: Young individuals who are no longer juveniles may be categorized as youthful offenders. Youthful offender treatment is generally designed to free a young person from the negative consequences of being convicted and punished as an adult, in the hope that he or she will be rehabilitated. Factors in the determination of youthful offender status include the crime and the criminal history of the individual. ...
Youthful offender
Youthful offender, A person in late adolescence or early adulthood who has been convicted of a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1108....
status offender
status offender : a juvenile under the jurisdiction of the court because of acts that would not be criminal if committed by an adult but that indicate the child is beyond parental control compare juvenile delinquent, youthful offender ...
Reformatory Schools
Reformatory Schools. Section 44 of the (English) Children Act, 1908, defined a 'reformatory school' as 'a school for the industrial training of youthful offenders, in which youthful offenders are lodged, clothed, and fed, as well as taught.' As to the present law, see APPROVED SCHOOLS....
juvenile delinquent
juvenile delinquent : a juvenile who commits an act of juvenile delinquency compare status offender, youthful offender ...
Juvenile delinquent
Juvenile delinquent, means a minor guilty of criminal behaviour, which is usu. punished by special law not pertaining to adults. Also termed juvenile offender; youthful offender; delinquent minor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871...
Educated unemployed youth
Educated unemployed youth, the expression 'educated unemployed youth' has definite legal connotation. It denotes a class of citizens who after completing their education are faced with unemployment. Rule 223 (2) read with the note embodies a rule of preference. The question of grant of preference under the note beneath R. 223(2) can only arise when other conditions as regards suitability of the rival tenderers is equal. A student still undergoing his studies in a university be regarded as having completed his education or being 'unemployed' youth. When a person is still pursuing his course of studies in a university, there is no basis for treating him as an 'educated unemployed youth', Bishnu Ram Bohrah v. Parag Saikia, AIR 1984 SC 898 (904): (1984) 2 SCC 488. [Assam Excise Rules, 1945, R. 223]...
career offender
career offender : a habitual or repeat criminal ;esp : an offender with two or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related crimes called also career criminal NOTE: Under federal sentencing guidelines career offenders are given maximum sentences. ...
Defendant
Defendant [Deft. Abbrev.], the person sued in an action, or indicted for a misdemeanour.It includes--(i) any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued.(ii)any person whose estate is represented by the defendant as executor, administrator or other representative. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (e)]...
Fugitive offenders
Fugitive offenders. Where a person accused of any offence punishable by imprisonment with hard labour for twelve months or more, has left that part of his Majesty's dominions where the offence is alleged to have been committed, he is liable, if found in any other part of his Majesty's dominions, to be apprehended and returned in manner provided by the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, to the part from which he is a fugitive; the Acthas been amended by the Fugitive Offenders (Protected States) Act, 1915. See R. v. Brixton Prison (Governor), (1907) 1 KB 696; and see EXTRADI-TION...
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