Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

juvenile delinquency

Antisocial behavior by a minor; esp., behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult, but instead is usu. punished by special laws pertaining only to minors. - Also termed delinquent minor. Cf. INCORRIGIBILITY.Juvenile delinquency,' when employed as a technical term rather than merely a descriptive phrase, is entirely a legislative product Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 940 (3d ed. 1982).