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The young man served two years as a youthful offender.

Under the age of 18, a gang member gets youthful offender status.

Can youthful offenders be frightened into not breaking the law?

Instead of being sentenced to prison, she would get what is known as youthful offender treatment.

Many parents said they were furious over the youthful offender designation.

Fort Dodge is based mostly on its youthful offenders programs.

His proposals also come when many states are moving to treat youthful offenders like adults.

At least two of the lawyers said they might ask the judge to treat their clients as youthful offenders.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced as a youthful offender.

I don't think we're talking about a youthful offender here."

As a youthful offender, she got three years' probation.

The way the law now works has allowed some youthful offenders to be arrested dozens of times without ever going to jail.

Denied youthful offender status, he was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in state prison.

But the judge sentenced him as a youthful offender.

It runs similar programs for youthful offenders released from juvenile justice institutions.

It addressed the need to provide continuing services to those youthful offenders to prevent a return to prison.

And the number of aggravated assaults by youthful offenders rose 123 percent, from 51 in 1983 to 114 two years ago.

Some of these recommendations would surely narrow protections for youthful offenders.

"Why should someone who has chosen a life of crime continue to get youthful offender adjudication?"

Half of all condemned youthful offenders are in Texas and Alabama.

To win on this first point, the lawyers will try to show that a consensus has developed against the execution of youthful offenders.

The purpose of the report, court officials said, is not necessarily to punish a youthful offender but to determine the best treatment for him.

Sentenced as youthful offenders, they received the maximum of 5 to 10 years in a state youth correctional center.

The youthful offender looked abject, his moment of crazed courage long past.

It noted that a youthful offender had not been executed in Florida in 25 years.

It is all too easy to give up on children in trouble or to believe that nothing works with young offenders.

He was sent to a young offenders' institution for three years.

It is no wonder that there are so many young offenders.

The money will be used to support reading initiatives for young offenders.

He was sentenced to six months in a young offenders' institute.

A new young offenders wing was built at the prison in 1971.

A new study offers hope for keeping young offenders out of prison.

Thousands of young offenders are sent to criminal court in Florida each year.

Young Offenders are usually placed in education and vocational training.

What happened when young offenders took their views to Westminster?

A few months ago, I was involved in a project with some young offenders, doing reparations work.

Will Westminster finally act on the experiences of young offenders?

By law, names and photographs of young offenders cannot be released.

Social Services departments have been caring for young offenders since 1972.

Community orders can only be given to young offenders aged 16 and over.

The cases prompted debate about trying young offenders as adults.

In July 2003 the scheme was extended to include young offenders.

And once jailed, a young offender is much more likely to become a criminal.

For young offenders aged between 10 to 17 years, there are special arrangements.

He is serving a 30 to 60-year sentence in a prison for young offenders.

However, it has recently been used for a project involving the rehabilitation of young offenders.

Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders.

Since then, the laws regarding young offenders have changed in Arkansas.

On the recent tour, the young offenders were thinking twice from the start about seeing the bodies.

Breaking the curfew could result in 25 hours of community service for young offenders.