Meaning of status offender | Babel Free

Definitions

One who commits a status offense; especially a juvenile delinquent taken into state care for uncontrollable behavior at home.

Examples

“The Department concluded that if the State fully complied with the Federal requirement for deinstitutionalization of status offenders it would need substantially more group homes and child caring facilities.”

“In reality, many children who become status offenders come from neglectful or dysfunctional homes in which the parents or responsible adult has not cultivated the appropriate adult-child relationship and fundamental respect has broken down.”

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