Optimizing the Implementation of Diversion in Cases of Violence Committed by Children in Semarang City

Abstract

Cases of violence between children often occur, this is because children's emotional maturity is not yet fully mature, so that pathological social problems often occur that make children often commit violence between each other. This makes children often face the law, because children need mental protection and intellectual growth guarantees, the concept of restorative justice through diversion is needed, however, diversion has not been optimally implemented, especially in the Semarang City area. The type of research used in this study is descriptive analytical legal research. Based on the study, it is known that data on the number of cases of violence between children in Semarang City according toSemarang City Women and Children's Empowerment Service (DP3A) In 2025, there were 56 cases, with diversion carried out by the Semarang City Police which reached 2 cases, this shows that the diversion carried out in cases of violence between teenagers in Semarang City is not optimal.Constraintin the process of investigating child criminal cases through restorative justice at the Semarang City Police Resort in the form of mThe lack of public knowledge regarding the resolution of criminal cases through restorative justice; the lack of public awareness of reconciliation through restorative justice in cases of minor assault; and the lack of comprehensive and specific regulation of the resolution of hate speech crimes through restorative justice within government regulations, both central and regional.