Juveniles (6)
I believe the answer is:
youths
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">juveniles</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(youth is a kind of juvenile)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for youths that I've seen before include "Young men" , "Young people" , "lads" , "Males between childhood and maturity" , "kids" .)