Law Enforcement Against Minors Who Commit Crimes From the Perspective of the Criminal Justice System

Abstract

Children are the next generation of the nation in the future, because children have a very important role to lead and advance the nation. Children often have problems and face the law. This is interesting to study. This study aims to determine the legal handling of children who commit crimes. In this study, the approach method used is: an empirical sociological approach or an approach through direct surveys in the field and secondary data through library studies. The research specification used is Descriptive Analytical, which is an effort to analyze and explain legal problems related to objects with a comprehensive and systematic description of everything related to the handling of children in conflict with the law. Handling of children who commit crimes requires a different legal approach from the adult criminal justice system, namely prioritizing restorative justice in accordance with Law Number 11 of 2012. In its implementation, of course, there are significant obstacles that affect the smoothness of the handling process it self.