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Youth detention center
Youth detention center, also called juvenile detention center or juvie, is a secure facility holding minors pending court hearings. Covers its 1899 court origins, mental health needs, recidivism, disparities, and alternatives.
Youth empowerment
Youth empowerment is the process by which young people gain the agency, voice, and access needed to make choices that improve their lives and communities.
Youth in Revolt (film)
Youth in Revolt is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta, in which Michael Cera's teenage Nick Twisp invents a bad-boy alter ego to win Portia Doubleday's Sheeni.
Youth International Party
Youth International Party (Yippies), founded 1967 by Abbie and Anita Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Nancy Kurshan, and Paul Krassner; a New Left countercultural party using guerrilla theater, pranks, and 1970s phone phreaking against AT&T.
Youth MT (청춘MT)
Youth MT (청춘MT) is a 2022 TVING Korean variety show, 8 episodes, reuniting 15 actors from Kim Sung-yoon's dramas Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Itaewon Class, and The Sound of Magic on a joint retreat, released in about 150 countries.
Youth of May (오월의 청춘)
Youth of May (오월의 청춘) is a 2021 KBS 2TV twelve-part Korean melodrama set in May 1980 Gwangju, starring Lee Do-hyun and Go Min-si as young lovers caught in the May 18 Democratic Uprising.
Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春)
Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春, Yaju no Seishun) is a 1963 Nikkatsu hard-boiled action film directed by Seijun Suzuki, starring Joe Shishido as an ex-cop pitting two yakuza gangs against each other; his stylistic breakthrough.
Youth of the European People's Party
Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP), founded 21 January 1997 in Brussels from the EYCD and DEMYC, is the EPP's youth wing and Europe's largest political youth organisation, with over 60 member organisations from 39 countries and almost 1.4 million members; first president Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Youth of Today
Youth of Today, also called YOT, is a 1985 straight edge hardcore punk band formed in Connecticut by Ray Cappo and John Porcelly; its 1986 album Break Down the Walls and 1987 tour launched the youth crew scene.
Youth Olympic Games
Youth Olympic Games (YOG), IOC multi-sport event for athletes aged 15-18, created 2007; first Summer Singapore 2010, first Winter Innsbruck 2012; Dakar 2026 is the first Olympic event in Africa.
Youth Olympic Games qualification
Youth Olympic Games qualification is how athletes aged 15 to 18 earn places at the Youth Olympic Games, through quotas, junior championships, rankings, and universality places.
Youth orchestra festivals and competitions
Youth orchestra festivals and competitions are performance events for school, regional, and national youth ensembles. The field spans three types: non-competitive festivals, rated festivals, and ranked competitions.
Youth Over Flowers (꽃보다 청춘)
Youth Over Flowers (꽃보다 청춘) is a tvN Korean travel reality series by Na Young-seok in which celebrity friends are surprised into backpacking trips with limited funds; editions include Peru, Laos, Iceland, Africa, WINNER, and the 2026 Limited Edition.
Youth participatory action research
Youth participatory action research (YPAR) is a collaborative research approach in which young people act as co-researchers studying problems in their own schools and communities.
Youth Pledge
The Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda) is the national oath proclaimed by Indonesian youth delegates at the Second Youth Congress in Jakarta on 28 October 1928, declaring one motherland, one nation, and one language.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a biennial, anonymous CDC survey measuring health-risk behaviors among students in grades 9 to 12 in US public and private schools.
Youth Schools
Youth Schools (青年学校, seinen gakkō) were Japanese part-time schools for working youth, combining vocational and general education with military drill, established in 1935 and abolished in 1947.
Youth theatre
Youth theater is the practice in which young people make and perform theater themselves in voluntary, not-for-profit companies, distinct from professional theater made for young audiences.
Youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is the unemployment of people aged 15 to 24 as defined by the International Labour Organization, typically two to three times the adult rate.
Youth wing
Youth wing: age-limited subsidiary organization of a political party for members under a set age, typically 15 to 30. Also called youth faction or youth organization. Present in about 80% of Western European parties; handles recruitment, campaigns, and policy development.
Youth With You (青春有你)
Youth With You (青春有你) is iQiyi's Chinese idol survival show, 2019-2021, successor to Idol Producer; three seasons produced UNINE, THE9, and IXFORM before the 2021 milk-dumping scandal ended the format.
Youthanasia
Youthanasia is Megadeth's sixth studio album, released November 1, 1994 on Capitol Records; produced by Dave Mustaine and Max Norman in Phoenix, it debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and went RIAA platinum.
Youtiao (油条)
Youtiao (油条, also yu tiao, Chinese cruller, you zha gui) is a Chinese deep-fried dough stick breakfast food, fried in pairs so the pressed seam stays soft and expands; historically alum-leavened, now aluminum-free since China's 2014 rule.
Youtooz
Youtooz is a Canadian collectibles company founded in 2019 by Austin Long and Mark Prokoudine, making limited-edition vinyl figures and plushies of internet creators, memes, and licensed properties.
YOUTRUST
YOUTRUST, Inc. (株式会社YOUTRUST) is a Tokyo-based human-resources technology company founded in December 2017 by Yuka Iwasaki, operating a career social networking service with about 500,000 users and the YOUTRUST TALENT recruiting service.
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing platform founded in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees and bought by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock.
YouTube (channel)
YouTube, originally named YouTube Spotlight, is the official channel of the YouTube platform. It hosted YouTube Rewind (2010–2019) and was briefly the most-subscribed channel on YouTube in late 2013.
YouTube copyright issues
YouTube copyright issues cover Content ID, the automated claim system handling over 99% of copyright actions, versus DMCA takedowns and strikes; 2.5 billion claims in 2025, fair use disputes, and litigation history.
YouTube Creator Awards
YouTube Creator Awards, commonly called Play Buttons, are physical plaques YouTube sends to channels reaching subscriber milestones of 100,000, 1 million, 10 million, and 100 million, after an eligibility review.
YouTube headquarters shooting
The YouTube headquarters shooting was an attack on April 3, 2018, in which Nasim Najafi Aghdam shot and wounded three people at YouTube's San Bruno, California headquarters before killing herself.