Status offenses are a second classification of youthful offender also known as wayward minors. A status offender is a child subj
ect to state authority by reason of having committed an act forbidden to youth and illegal solely because the child is underage (e.g. underage drinking, underage smoking, truancy, running away, being disobedient, etc.)The literature supports females finding themselves in the juvenile justice system as a result of a status offense.
Actually A status offender is a noncriminal act that is considered a law violation only because of a youth's status as a minor. 1 Typical status offenses include truancy, running away from home, violating curfew, underage use of alcohol, and general ungovernability.
Explanation:
Because if a child have parents who drinking alcohol and hit their child for no reason than the child would've run away from their alcohol parents.
