Call them 'young person in conflict with the law', not 'yobs', says Oberstown

People are being urged to stop calling young offenders "yobs" or "thugs".

Call them 'young person in conflict with the law', not 'yobs', says Oberstown

People are being urged to stop calling young offenders "yobs" or "thugs".

Instead, Oberstown Children's Detention Campus wants them to be called "a young person in conflict with the law".

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