"young offender" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Utterly contradictory policies towards young offenders prevailed in the 80s and 90s, veering between the exploration of non-custodial alternatives and increased sentence lengths, introduced by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A child who has been convicted of a criminal offense."
      ],
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          "criminal offense"
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  "word": "young offender"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:",
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  "word": "young offender"
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