Models of Sentencing Children as Criminals (A Comparison of Several Countries)

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Suwinda Suwinda
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6479-6568
Lisa Ikhsana
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-8996
Noveria Sekar Sulistyowati
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5193-6798
Ridwan Arifin
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-588X

Abstract

The sentencing of children in the context of children as perpetrators of crimes has its own complexities and challenges. On the one hand, law enforcement must be carried out in preventing and tackling crime, on the other hand the perpetrators of crimes are children who are legally regulated in judicial mechanisms and special systems. The model for punishing children in Indonesia has basically been regulated through the Juvenile Criminal Justice System and the Child Criminal Law. However, this model of punishment by several studies and related studies is said to be not perfect and adequate. This study aims to analyze and compare models of punishment for children as perpetrators of crimes in three countries: Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. The method used in this research is a normative legal study. This method is used to analyze and compare several model practices of child punishment in three countries. This study uses a comparative law study approach and a statute approach. The location of this research is not carried out through field research but through library research and document studies. Supporting data in this study were also obtained from various data on the internet and printed sources.

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Suwinda, S., Ikhsana, L., Sulistyowati, N. S., & Arifin, R. (2022). Models of Sentencing Children as Criminals (A Comparison of Several Countries). Law Research Review Quarterly, 8(3), 317-402. https://doi.org/10.15294/lrrq.v8i3.60022
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Author Biographies

Suwinda Suwinda, Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Suwinda was born in Medan, Indonesia in 2001. Suwinda is an active student at the Faculty of Law, Semarang State University class of 2020 and is currently actively participating in various university activities, one of which is joining the UNNES Faculty of Law scientific writing organization, Lex Scientia. Status as an active member and part of the editorial team of the journal Lex Scientia Law Review 2022.

Lisa Ikhsana, Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Lisa Ikhsana is an active student at the Faculty of Law, Semarang State University class of 2020 and is currently taking her 5th semester. Lisa Ikhsana was born in Surakarta, Central Java in 2002. As an active student, Lisa takes part in various activities within the university to support and support lecture activities, one of them is joining the scientific writing organization of FH UNNES, Lex Scientia. Status as an active member and part of the editorial team of the journal Lex Scientia Law Review 2022.

Noveria Sekar Sulistyowati, Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Noveria Sekar Sulistyowati was born in Wonogiri Regency. Where in 2022 she is studying as a student at the Faculty of Law, Semarang State University as a 3rd semester student. She is active in the Lex Scientia writing organization within the scope of the Law Faculty, Semarang State University and joins the 2022 Lex Scientia Law Review journal team.

Ridwan Arifin, Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Ridwan Arifin is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang. He also serving as an editor of  some law journals

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Laws and Regulations

Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System

Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP)

Thai Penal Code

Law of the Republic of Philippines No. 9344

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