Jurnal Hukum Sehasen
Vol 12 No 1 (2026): April

A Criminological Review of Children as Perpetrators of Robbery from the Perspective of Law No. 12 of 2012 Concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System

Rasta, Soni (Unknown)
Royani, Ferawati (Unknown)
Timur, Widya (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Apr 2026

Abstract

This study examines the criminological factors that encourage children's involvement in muggings and the application of the Juvenile Criminal Justice System (JCS) to muggings, based on Law Number 11 of 2012. The research method used is normative juridical, with a statutory and conceptual approach. The results indicate three dominant, interrelated factors: first, the influence of social interactions and peer groups, as explained in Edwin H. Sutherland's Differential Association Theory; second, family dysfunction, which weakens children's social bonds, as explained in Travis Hirschi's Social Control Theory; and third, school dropout and unemployment, which encourage illegal behavior, as explained in Robert K. Merton's Anomie Theory. The normative application of the Juvenile Criminal Justice System (JCS) has provided a comprehensive legal framework with a restorative justice approach, aligned with Social Control Theory, to strengthen children's social bonds through rehabilitation and reintegration. However, its implementation still faces normative, infrastructural, and paradigmatic obstacles that require multi-level reform to close the gap between das sollen and das sein.

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Abbrev

jhs

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Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Jurnal Hukum Sehasen (JHS) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to publish manuscripts of high-quality research as well as conceptual analysis that studies specific fields of law, such as Islamic law, customary/adat law, philosophy of law, fundamental law, legal theory, comparative law, ...