PART 3 Trends in Juvenile Delinquencies and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents
Chapter 1 Trends in Juvenile Delinquencies

In this Part, “juvenile delinquent” refers to the juveniles subject to a family court hearing, which means [1] juvenile offenders (juveniles who has committed a crime (aged 14 or older at the time of the crime)), [2] juvenile offenders under 14 (juveniles under 14 years of age who has violated laws and regulations of criminal nature), and [3] pre-delinquents (juveniles who has a propensity not to submit to legitimate supervision by the custodian and in light of personality or environment of the juvenile, is likely to commit a crime or violate laws and regulations of criminal nature in the future) (paragraph 1, Article 3 of the Juvenile Act).