Children's Responsibility in Conflict With the Law

Abstract

This research aims to provide knowledge and analysis regardingchildren who commit crimes can be held accountable, the legal process for children who come into conflict with the law in the juvenile criminal justice system based on Law No. 11 of 2012, and to find out the child's journey after undergoing the trial process. To thoroughly examine and analyze the issues in this thesis, we employ a methodological approach essential to legal studies and practice. The main focus of this discussion encompasses three fundamental approaches: the statute approach, the case approach, and the conceptual approach. These three approaches were chosen because they offer a comprehensive framework for understanding, interpreting, and resolving complex legal issues, both in theoretical and practical contexts.This research is classified as library research, data is collected by citing, reviewing, and analyzing using content analysis, against representative literature that is relevant to the problem being discussed, then reviewing and concluding it. After conducting a study on this issue, the research resultsshows that, the construction of children in the context of criminal responsibility can be divided into three qualifications, First, children aged 0 to under 12 years, Second, children aged 12 to under 14 years, Third, children aged 14 to under 18 years. In the juvenile justice system there are important points and mechanisms in resolving cases of children who are in conflict with the law and after the child has undergone the trial process and received a decision, the child who has received the decision will be placed in a juvenile correctional institution for guidance.