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Descriptor English: Juvenile Delinquency
Descriptor Spanish: Delincuencia Juvenil
Descriptor delincuencia juvenil
Scope note: Actos antisociales ilegales o constituyentes de delito realizados por los menores de edad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Delinquência Juvenil
Descriptor French: Délinquance juvénile
Entry term(s): Delinquency, Juvenile
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.479
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007604
Scope note: The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency.
Annotation: IM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
DeCS ID: 7773
Unique ID: D007604
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Juvenile Delinquency - Preferred
Concept UI M0011888
Scope note The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency.
Preferred term Juvenile Delinquency
Entry term(s) Delinquency, Juvenile



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