Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement

Indonesia’s juvenile delinquency is rapidly increasing in a high number every year. At the same time, restorative justice’s implementation through the diversion mechanism is ineffective. This circumstance indicates that efforts to enhance juvenile delinquency settlement are essential. Hence, thi...

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Main Authors: Nashriana Nashriana, Desia Rakhma Banjarani, Marwin S Del Rosario, Vera Novianti
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Language:English
Published: Sriwijaya University 2023-07-01
Series:Sriwijaya Law Review
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Online Access:https://journal.fh.unsri.ac.id/index.php/sriwijayalawreview/article/view/2427
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author Nashriana Nashriana
Desia Rakhma Banjarani
Marwin S Del Rosario
Vera Novianti
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Vera Novianti
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description Indonesia’s juvenile delinquency is rapidly increasing in a high number every year. At the same time, restorative justice’s implementation through the diversion mechanism is ineffective. This circumstance indicates that efforts to enhance juvenile delinquency settlement are essential. Hence, this research elaborates on diversion challenges in settling cases involving juveniles in Indonesia. Moreover, it will analyse efforts to optimise diversion implementation in strengthening restorative justice in settling juvenile cases in Indonesia. This is normative research that uses a statutory approach and is described qualitatively. The research illustrates numerous obstacles in applying diversion during juvenile delinquency resolution in Indonesia. Amongst the difficulties are legal factors; law enforcer factors; factors of means or supporting facilities; societal factors, and cultural factors. These challenges incline the necessity to improve diversion applications in Indonesia’s juvenile delinquency. The effectiveness of diversion will contribute positively to the restorative justice system in Indonesia. Furthermore, optimising diversion is possible through reformulating regulation and prioritising prevention efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency from reaching litigation settlement.
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spelling doaj-art-91c4fe440d114fc0a5f2df69c87321b62025-08-24T02:35:45ZengSriwijaya UniversitySriwijaya Law Review2541-52982541-64642023-07-017210.28946/slrev.Vol7.Iss2.2427.pp318-334591Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency SettlementNashriana Nashriana0Desia Rakhma BanjaraniMarwin S Del RosarioVera NoviantiUniversitas SriwijayaIndonesia’s juvenile delinquency is rapidly increasing in a high number every year. At the same time, restorative justice’s implementation through the diversion mechanism is ineffective. This circumstance indicates that efforts to enhance juvenile delinquency settlement are essential. Hence, this research elaborates on diversion challenges in settling cases involving juveniles in Indonesia. Moreover, it will analyse efforts to optimise diversion implementation in strengthening restorative justice in settling juvenile cases in Indonesia. This is normative research that uses a statutory approach and is described qualitatively. The research illustrates numerous obstacles in applying diversion during juvenile delinquency resolution in Indonesia. Amongst the difficulties are legal factors; law enforcer factors; factors of means or supporting facilities; societal factors, and cultural factors. These challenges incline the necessity to improve diversion applications in Indonesia’s juvenile delinquency. The effectiveness of diversion will contribute positively to the restorative justice system in Indonesia. Furthermore, optimising diversion is possible through reformulating regulation and prioritising prevention efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency from reaching litigation settlement.https://journal.fh.unsri.ac.id/index.php/sriwijayalawreview/article/view/2427DiversionJuvenile DelinquencyRestorative Justice.
spellingShingle Nashriana Nashriana
Desia Rakhma Banjarani
Marwin S Del Rosario
Vera Novianti
Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
Sriwijaya Law Review
Diversion
Juvenile Delinquency
Restorative Justice.
title Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
title_full Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
title_fullStr Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
title_short Enhancing Restorative Justice in Indonesia: Exploring Diversion Implementation for Effective Juvenile Delinquency Settlement
title_sort enhancing restorative justice in indonesia exploring diversion implementation for effective juvenile delinquency settlement
topic Diversion
Juvenile Delinquency
Restorative Justice.
url https://journal.fh.unsri.ac.id/index.php/sriwijayalawreview/article/view/2427
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