noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
juvenile
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It is these ideas that lead to what is seen as juvenile delinquency .
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We could always relate to the juvenile delinquency thing.
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Her husband was having a heated argument with a short fat woman about television as an inducement to juvenile delinquency .
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Steps were taken to improve prisons and insane asylums and to check juvenile delinquency .
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But there is nothing new in juvenile delinquency .
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No one would assume that it referred to health, education or the battle against juvenile delinquency or even violent crime.
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Secondly, Rutter evidently holds that any behavioural effects of lead are irrelevant to social phenomena, eg juvenile delinquency .
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In Chapter 7 I discuss the romanticising of male urban juvenile delinquency by modern sociologists, but they are not alone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Delinquency and drug addiction are more common in areas of high unemployment.
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The study clearly demonstrates the link between juvenile delinquency and child abuse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alternatively, respondents may exaggerate their delinquencies out of bravado, especially likely with juveniles.
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Failure to enter into debt slavery equals social delinquency .
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In the third quarter the company added $ 47 million to its reserves for bad loans from rising delinquencies.
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It is these ideas that lead to what is seen as juvenile delinquency .
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They were after whatever hints of delinquency they could suggest by sheer numbers.
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This does not make it any the less disturbing and below we will discuss contemporary styles of delinquency in greater detail.
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We could always relate to the juvenile delinquency thing.
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With the abrupt economic slowdown, credit card companies expect more delinquencies and bankruptcies.