Legal Education and Restorative Justice in Addressing School Bullying: A Conceptual Framework for Child Protection
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https://doi.org/10.15294/ijicle.v8i2.47517Keywords:
Legal Education, Restorative Justice, Bullying, Schools, Child ProtectionAbstract
Bullying in educational settings remains a persistent challenge to child protection, while institutional responses continue to rely predominantly on punitive approaches that often overlook victim recovery, offender rehabilitation, and social reintegration. Although previous studies have examined bullying prevention, diversion, restorative justice, and child protection, limited attention has been devoted to the role of legal education as a mechanism for strengthening restorative responses to bullying involving children. This study aims to analyze how legal education can support the implementation of diversion and restorative justice in addressing school bullying involving child victims. The research employs a normative legal method using statutory, conceptual, and literature-based approaches. The analysis demonstrates that legal education strengthens legal awareness by enhancing children's understanding of their rights and responsibilities, promoting respect for the rights of others, and encouraging meaningful participation in restorative conflict-resolution processes. Building on these findings, the study develops a conceptual framework that positions legal education as a bridging mechanism linking child protection objectives with the effective implementation of diversion and restorative justice in educational settings. This research contributes to the socio-legal literature by integrating legal education, restorative justice, and child protection into a coherent analytical framework, thereby extending existing discussions beyond conventional punitive approaches to bullying. As the proposed framework is derived from normative legal analysis, further empirical research is recommended to evaluate its implementation and effectiveness across diverse educational contexts.
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