Key Vocabulary List. adolescent, adolescence

adolescent, adolescence

juvenile, juvenile delinquent/ youthful offender, juvenile delinquency

admitted offender

juvenile correction institutions, state reform institutions, rehabilitation centre, young detainees’ centre, penal reform groups

to be genetically disposed to, disposition, genetic make-up, inherited flaw

to be criminally responsible, age of criminal responsibility

to mature, maturity, maturation process, mature

traits: extroverted, narcissistic, impulsive, erratic, rebellious, aggressive

to feel contempt for authority

abuse, alcohol/ drugs/ sex abuse, physical and verbal abuse

to adhere, to adhere to one’s plans/ to an opinion/ to a promise/ to a political party/ to the programme, adherence, adherent

alien, to be alien to one’s beliefs, principles, nature, alien environment

to alienate, to alienate smb from society, to alienate one’s supporters, followers

affluence, living in affluence, rise to affluence, affluent, affluent society

confinement, a period of confinement, to be placed in confinement, to be sentenced to three months’ solitary confinement

juvenile aftercare; juvenile foster care.

adjust oneself, smth (to), to adjust oneself to changes/ to new conditions, to adjust your expenditure to your income, readjust, to promote readjustment to (society)

to detain, detainee, detention

surveillance, under police surveillance, under the parents’ control

deliberate, a deliberate lie/ insult/ speech, to deliberate on/ upon/ over smth, deliberative, a deliberative assembly

harangue, make a harangue (to)

to litigate, litigation (civil litigation)

Community Service, compulsory community work, attendance centres

bigotry

truancy, truant, to play truant

to see smth as a last resort

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