Examples of Status offense in a sentence
Status offense filings are often used to garner funds to assist youth who otherwise would be unable to afford services.
Status offense laws fail to account for this modern understanding of adolescent development and instead criminalizes ordinary adolescent behaviors.
Status offense – Any offense committed by a youth that would not be considered a crime if committed by an adult, i.e. curfew, runaway, possession of tobacco.
Recommend that Business and Regulatory Impact Assessments (BRIAs) could be useful as a measure of impact of changes and also that the principles of Better Regulation could form the foundation for approach to considering changes and updates to any regulations.
Status offense referrals were more likely to be made by schools or municipal police.