Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan
Vol 13, No 1 (2023): (April 2023)

How to deal with children’s violence? Implementation of child protection policies in Bekasi Regency, Indonesia

Aos Kuswandi (Department of Government Science, Graduate School, Universitas Islam 45)
Ainur Rofieq (Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Islam 45)
Siti Nuraini (Department of Government Science, Graduate School, Universitas Islam 45)
Noer Kholis (Department of Government Science, Graduate School, Universitas Islam 45)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2023

Abstract

According to data from the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, the region of West Java has witnessed 819 cases of child violence. The West Java Province records indicate that Bekasi Regency has the highest incidence of child violence cases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of Law No. 35 of 2014, which amended Law No. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection, in the region of Bekasi Regency. This study used the qualitative research method with six variable of policy implementation are examined; 1) resources, 2) policy measures and standards 3) implementing agents' traits, 4) implementers' attitudes and tendencies, 5) interorganizational communication, and 6) social, economic, and political circumstances. The research outcomes indicate that the legislative policy has been effectively executed with respect to its scale and policy benchmarks, the attributes of the implementing actors, the disposition and inclination of the implementers, and inter-organizational communication. The enhancement of child protection in Bekasi Regency necessitates improvements in resource allocation, as well as the social, economic, and political circumstances.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

otoritas

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

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Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, with registered number ISSN 2088-3706 (Print), ISSN 2502-9320 (Online) is a Peer-reviewed journal published twice a year in April and October by Department of Governmental Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar in ...