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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