For Youth, the record producer and musician in the band Killing Joke, see Martin Glover. For the album by Collective Soul, see Youth (album). For the album by Matisyahu, see Youth (Matisyahu album). For the science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, see Youth (Asimov). For the novels by Leo Tolstoy , J. M. Coetzee and Joseph Conrad, see Youth (novel)

Popular use of the word youth refers to a person who is neither an adult nor a child, but somewhere in between, scientifically referred to as an adolescent and, in most English speaking countries, commonly referred to as a teen or teenager. It is used to identify a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful".

The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world. Commonly, a youth is defined as being somewhere between age 12 and age 26, with different countries and administrative regions choosing more narrow definitions within that frame. This treatment is increasingly negligible or negative, particularly in the United States where youth are routinely sentenced to longer sentences for similar crimes as adults.

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Frightener of Tots, Enemy of Mediocrity
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:05:30 -0000
Though statuesque and blond, the actress Jan Maxwell, by her own account, has never “played the ingénue.”
His Irish Eyes Are Shining on America Now
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:12:49 -0000
The playwright Ronan Noone has moved to American subjects after the series of Irish ensemble plays that kicked off his career.
Theater Review | Chekhov Lizardbrain: For a Solitary Soul, Memories Are Raucous Company
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:17:43 -0000
“Chekhov Lizardbrain,” at the Ohio Theater through Oct. 19, is a peculiar, hypnotic and unexpectedly moving new show from Philadelphia’s venturesome Pig Iron Theater Company.
Theater Review | 'Blasted': Humanity Gets Only a Bit Part
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:09:02 -0000
Sarah Kane’s astounding drama “Blasted” has finally arrived in New York in a first-rate production at the Soho Rep.
Theater Review | 'Sunken Red': After the War, His Struggle Continues
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:17:35 -0000
“Sunken Red” is only intermittently moving. More often it is tedious, and at times it is repellent.
Theater Review | 'A Man for All Seasons': Martyr Me a Little (the Perils of Thomas)
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:12 -0000
Even Frank Langella, an actor who can be counted on to put the pepper in mashed-potato parts, doesn’t find much variety in the monolithic goodness of the title character of “A Man for All Seasons.”

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