noun
definition
Misconduct.
definition
A criminal offense.
definition
A debt that is overdue for payment.
Examples of delinquency in a Sentence
Mental health professionals agree, and rising rates of serious school disciplinary problems, delinquency, and violent crime indicate, that antisocial behavior in general is increasing.
Any delinquency involved a trial before the Heliaea.
There is also an increase in juvenile delinquency.
Children in such communities are at lower risk of teen pregnancy, child abuse, drug use or juvenile delinquency.
The practical application of these theories in professional intervention, from youthful delinquency to entrenched criminal careers, will be examined.
Thus social control theory offers a fair explanation for the results of this study of self-reported delinquency.
It seems to me an obsolete speculation, but it implies no moral delinquency.
Even relying on previous delinquency alone does not comply with EC law if there is no examination of each individual case.
The fees can range from $0 to $39 or 1.5% or 2.99% of the delinquent balance, depending on the state in which you live and the amount of delinquency on your account.
Bullying at school, outside of school, and even online is also something that could cause delinquency.
Parents are troubled by children who are out of control and have problem behaviors such as running away, truancy, school failings or suspensions, and delinquency.
The peer groups of adolescence, especially teens, are often based on athletic, social, or academic interests and abilities; on distinctions of race, ethnicity, and social class; and on proclivities such as drug use and delinquency.
Peer rejection is also predictive of later life problems, such as dropping out of school, juvenile delinquency, and mental health problems.
A small percentage of children are in foster care because their parents feel unable to control them, and their behavior may have led to delinquency or fear of harm to others.
Although children at all ages are distressed by parental divorce, during the teen years it can result in potentially dangerous behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, violence, and delinquency.
Maturity starts developing during this time; the young person acquires self-certainty as opposed to self-doubt and experiments with different constructive roles rather than adopting a negative identity, such as delinquency.
Other long-term benefits include higher high school graduation rates and decreased crime and delinquency rates.
According to Pew Internet Research, bullied teens have higher rates of drug use, depression, delinquency, and poor caregiver relationships.
On the 17th of January he was named on the commission for law reform, of which Hale was the chief; and on the 17th of March 1653, he was pardoned of all delinquency and thus at last made capable of sitting in parliament.
The canons respecting the clergy exhibit the clergy as already a special class with peculiar privileges, a more exacting moral standard, heavier penalties for delinquency.
He was accused by the archbishop of Armagh of serious moral delinquency, and his recall was demanded both by the primate and the bishop of Meath.
Recently the psychologists and criminologists have come to admit that the absence of parental guidance contributes to increasing delinquency.
By contrast, these and other factors covered by the study could not explain the difference between boys and girls in serious delinquency.
Some studies of boys with antisocial behaviors have found that companions are mutually reinforcing with their talk of rule breaking in ways that predict later delinquency and substance abuse.
Other long-term benefits include decreased crime and delinquency rates and increased high school graduation.
Sir John Danvers carried to the Lords for their Concurrence, the Ordinance for pardoning the delinquency of Mr. Coke.