incorrigibility

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Some were held on loitering charges, while others were detained over their perceived "incorrigibility."

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The experience in states that require a finding of incorrigibility was different, she wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2021

And in Montgomery, Kavanaugh wrote, "the Court flatly stated that 'Miller did not impose a formal fact-finding requirement' and added that 'a finding of fact regarding a child's incorrigibility . . . is not required.' "

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2021

Could a state, Chief Justice John Roberts asked, just tell a judge: “Here are the things you need to consider, and transient youth or incorrigibility is one of them?”

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019

I remember an exasperated and frightened mother who took a boy of fourteen into court upon the charge of incorrigibility.

From The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets by Addams, Jane