Juvenile Delinquency in Semarang City: Aspects of Protection and Law Enforcement in Socio-Legal Approach

Abstract

Juvenile delinquency includes all behaviors that deviate from the norms in society, status violations, and violations of criminal law. Violations of status such as running away from home, skipping school, smoking, drinking, illegal racing, and so on. Violations of this status are usually not recorded in quantity because they are not legal violations. While the so-called deviant behavior against the norm includes premarital sex among teenagers, abortion, and so on. This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency from a sociological juridical perspective in the city of Semarang. The method used in this study is a mixed method between empirical and normative studies. This method is used to answer substantially the juvenile delinquency case within the legal framework in the city of Semarang.