the juvenile justice process vocabulary

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preferential

advantage or priority given a person or group

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guardian

legally responsible individual, especially those of a minor

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delinquent

somebody especially a young person, who violates a law

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incorrigible

somebody that cannot be corrected or improved

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destitute

lacking the necessities of life

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petition

written document filed in court stating facts and circumstances relied upon as a cause for judicial action

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habitual

done regularly and frequently

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truant

absent without permission

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disobedient

refusing or failing to obey

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sophisticated

complicated and refined; elaborate; subtle

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alderman

a member of municipal legislative body in a town/city

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disposition

settlement of a legal matter

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segregate

separate people or things

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adjudicate

to reach a judicial decision on something

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hereditary

passed on genetically; handed down through generations

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