Glossary

Youth is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence.

A youth center is a set of specialized support services for young people and families who are experiencing significant difficulties, endangering the safety and development of children and adolescents.

Also called teen dating violence, it includes physical, psychological or sexual abuse; harassment; or stalking of any person ages 12 to 18 in the context of a past or present romantic or consensual relationship.

The purpose of this act is to protect children whose security or development is or may be considered to be in danger. The Act also aims to put an end to and prevent the recurrence of situations in which the security or the development of a child is in danger.

Youth welfare services aim to assure that the law in respected regarding the well-being, safety and development of children and adolescents and to intervene when these rights are not respected.