Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies
Vol 2 No 2 (2017): Contemporary Issues on Indonesian Legal Reform

Policy of Development for Juvenile Delinquency in the Perspective of Indonesian Criminal Justice System Reform (Study on Institute for Special Development Children LPKA Kutoarjo, Central Java, Indonesia)

Wangi, Yosefin Dika Tyas (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Nov 2017

Abstract

One of the functions of Penitentiary Institution becomes an institution that basically conducts guidance to socialize the convicts back after the court decision. But in the perspective of society that prisons are a place to punish people and form a negative image in society. The succession of the Children's Penitentiary to become LPKA (Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak) based on Law No.11 of 2012 seeks to change the perception of child counseling in the institution that fostered Delinquency children. But erasing the image in the community is not easy in the short term to understand the community about the function of LPKA. Thus raises the issue of Juvenile Delinquency development policy after the court decision that can be done by LPKA. Therefore, it is necessary to have policies that can be felt by the assisted citizens with special forms of protection for the children one of them is by way of mental, spiritual, and social guidance for the children in the Institute for Special Development of Children (LPKA). This paper discusses two important points, namely: first how is the policy of LPKA Kutoarjo in conducting development of juvenile delinquency, and second, what is the policy that should be towards the development of juvenile delinquency in the future.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jils

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

LEGAL scholars have been discussing two important roles of law: social control and social engineering. As a social control, law is designed and introduced to control the behaviours of society members in accordance with particular values and norms agreed upon by the community. In this context, the ...