| A | B |
|---|
| Juvenile delinquents | People 18 years of age or younger who commit a crime or statutory offense |
| Reasons school-age children join gangs | Abusive home life, poor success in school, inability to make money |
| Areas where gangs are strong | where adults are uncertain of their economic future and where students find their school and family life unsatisfactory |
| Why do some inmates find jail life comforting? | Because they don't face the same problems as they did on the outside. |
| How many boys will appear in a juvenile court by the time he is eighteen? | One out of every six. |
| How do young people tend to commit crimes? | In groups. |
| No long-term incarceration. | Terms of confinement for juveniles are considerably shorter than those for adults. |
| Juvenile delinquency proceedings differ from what? | Criminal proceedings. |
