A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF POLICE DIVERSION IMPLEMENTATION TOWARDS CHILD PERPETRATORS OF INDEMNITY (A Study in the Jurisdiction of the Bandar Pulau Police Sector)

The consideration of diversion by the court is the philosophy of the juvenile criminal justice system to protect and rehabilitate (protection and rehabilitation) child perpetrators of crimes. Diversion actions are also carried out as an effort to prevent a child perpetrator from becoming a criminal. The problem in this thesis is how the legal regulations regarding police diversion are for criminal acts of child molestation, how the police diversion is implemented for criminal acts of child molestation, what are the obstacles in the implementation of police diversion for criminal acts of child molestation. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the legal regulations regarding police diversion for criminal acts of child molestation through diversion have been implemented since the issuance of Perma No. 04 of 2014 dated July 24, 2014 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Diversion in the Juvenile Criminal Justice System. Diversion is only carried out for crimes committed by children whose criminal penalty is under 7 (seven years) and is not a repeat of the crime. The application of police diversion to child molestation through diversion is that children are treated humanely by providing the best facilities for children by paying attention to special needs according to the child's age.