Synonyms of juvenile delinquency

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I need some synonyms of juvenile delinquency in my writing, but I don't know which one is idiomatic: adolescent/teenager/teenaged crimes(offences)?

Thank you.

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[+1] - rosborne979 - 08/27/2009[quote="jinmin1988"]I need some synonyms of juvenile delinquency in my writing, but I don't know which one is idiomatic: adolescent/teenager/teenaged crimes(offences)? Thank you. ...
[+1] - dlowan - 08/27/2009[quote="jinmin1988"] I need some synonyms of juvenile delinquency in my writing, but I don't know which one is idiomatic: adolescent/teenager/teenaged crimes(offences)? Thank you. ...
[+1] - jinmin1988 - 08/27/2009[quote]The word "hooligan" came to my mind as a synonym for juvenile delinquency. I'm sure there are others. [/quote]Thank you for your reply, but hooligan is used to describe persons.
[+1] - dlowan - 08/27/2009Hooliganism.
[+1] - JTT - 08/27/2009I'd say that [i]hooligan and hooliganism[/i] cover a wider age range than just teens.
[+1] - Francis - 08/27/2009At least around here and in England it does. I don't think hooligans are particularly juvenile: [img]http://www.epltalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/football-hooligans.jpg[/img]
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 08/27/2009'Youth crime' is an expression commonly heard. The perpetrators of these youth crimes are generally referred to as 'juvenile offenders.'

@jinmin1988,

jinmin1988 wrote:

I need some synonyms of juvenile delinquency in my writing, but I don't know which one is idiomatic: adolescent/teenager/teenaged crimes(offences)?
Thank you.

The word "hooligan" came to my mind as a synonym for juvenile delinquency. I'm sure there are others.

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@jinmin1988,

jinmin1988 wrote:

I need some synonyms of juvenile delinquency in my writing, but I don't know which one is idiomatic: adolescent/teenager/teenaged crimes(offences)?

Thank you.

teenage offending
youth crime
antisocial youth
Juvenile offending

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@rosborne979,

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The word "hooligan" came to my mind as a synonym for juvenile delinquency. I'm sure there are others.

Thank you for your reply, but hooligan is used to describe persons.

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@jinmin1988,

Hooliganism.

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I'd say that hooligan and hooliganism cover a wider age range than just teens.

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@JTT,

At least around here and in England it does.

I don't think hooligans are particularly juvenile:

http://www.epltalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/football-hooligans.jpg

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'Youth crime' is an expression commonly heard. The perpetrators of these youth crimes are generally referred to as 'juvenile offenders.'

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