PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP ANAK SEBAGAI PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA DI WILAYAH HUKUM POLRES WONOSOBO

Children as the next generation of the nation at this time are not a few children who fall into positive things, one of which is a barrier to the development of children, namely criminal acts that occur among children. Central Java province recorded 634 children in conflict with the law in 2018, while UPIPA Wonosobo noted that there were at least 103 cases in 2019 that were categorized as child abuse. Therefore, diversion should be sought for children, so that restorative justice can be realized for children who commit crimes, so that children's rights are not deprived and can develop. Therefore, the study will examine how law enforcement against children as perpetrators of criminal acts in the jurisdiction of the Wonosobo Police, considering that children must still be protected and to find out the efforts made by the Wonosobo Police so that children do not commit criminal acts. This type of research uses empirical juridical research, which initially examines secondary data and then continues with research on primary data in the field or in the community. The research specification used is descriptive-analysis. The analytical method used is qualitative analysis, which is an analytical method that basically uses logical thinking, analysis with logic and the like. The thinking method used is the inductive method of data/facts, from the analysis conclusions will then be drawn as answers to existing problems. Based on the results of law enforcement research conducted by the Wonosobo Police against children as perpetrators of criminal acts, it refers to Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Criminal Justice System for Children and does not conflict with Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection, which shows that it is still being processed. in a fair manner, but if the perpetrator is not yet 12 (twelve) years old, diversion can be sought in accordance with the agreement of the parties, law enforcement in criminal acts committed by children can be carried out by diversion so that law enforcement officers are needed to seek non-penal first for crime prevention and in imposing criminal sanctions on children as much as possible to avoid criminal sanctions in the form of limiting children's rights, while the prevention efforts carried out by the Wonosobo Police to suppress children from committing crimes by conducting legal counseling to students in schools and n dissemination through social media