Proses Penyidikan Terhadap Tindak Pidana Pencurian Yang Dilakukan Oleh Anak (Studi Kasus di Polresta Surakarta)

Children are a mandate and gift from God Almighty who has the dignity and worth as a whole human being. This research focuses on the process of investigating the crime of theft committed by children. The researcher took a case study which took place at the Surakarta Police Station. In Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Law of Criminal Procedure, it is juridically regulated that the procedural law used in juvenile justice is the same as the procedural law used with adults, but children also have specialties in terms of procedures as regulated in the Act. Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System. The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of the investigation process against the crime of theft committed by children at the Surakarta Police and to find out the obstacles faced in the process of investigating the crime of theft committed by children