Youth Offender Law and Legal Definition
A youth offender is a person aged between seventeen and twenty years of age who has committed an offence. Generally, youth offender is a person who is older than a juvenile but younger than an adult. In the U.S. laws regarding youth offenders vary from state to state. Though the courts can consider juveniles as adults for offenses such as rape, murder or armed robbery; in offences of smaller degrees, they may be considered youth offenders.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
- Aggravated Offender
- At-risk Youth Recreation Grants
- Career Offender
- Center for Sex Offender Management [CSOM]
- Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Grant Program [Department of Justice]
- Committed Youth (Juvenile)
- Criminal Offender [Education]
- Dangerous Offender
- Disadvantaged Youth
