Effectiveness of Termination of Prosecution of Child Offenders Who Commit Crimes Based on Restorative Justice
Abstract
With the authority to discontinue prosecution based on restorative justice principles, the Prosecutor's Office can play a crucial role in reducing the caseload in courts while promoting restorative justice. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the effectiveness of discontinuing prosecutions against child offenders who commit crimes based on restorative justice. To examine and analyze law enforcement against child offenders who commit crimes in the future.This legal research employs empirical legal research methods. Empirical legal research, that is, legal research that utilizes legal principles and principles to review, observe, and analyze problems, in research, and also examines the implementation of the law in practice. Ideally, handling juvenile cases should be directed towards a more humanistic and restorative approach, placing children as subjects whose future must be protected. The effectiveness of restorative justice-based prosecution termination, as emphasized by Soerjono Soekanto, is strongly influenced by clear regulations, the competence of officers, the availability of rehabilitation facilities, and support from the community's legal culture. However, practice in Indonesia is still hampered by a retributive paradigm, limited facilities, weak coordination, and public pressure. Lessons learned from the Netherlands, Canada, and Australia show that the success of juvenile justice depends on a combination of pedagogical interventions, restorative mediation, the role of families and communities, the professionalization of officers, and the use of prison as a last resort. By adopting the flexibility of Dutch judges, Canadian diversion standards, and Australian community conferences, Indonesia can strengthen diversion, improve social infrastructure and data systems, and increase public legal literacy so that child protection runs optimally without neglecting justice for victims and the community.
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