Prevention of juvenile delinquency

Abstract

This study aims to find out the forms of juvenile delinquency, the factors that cause juvenile delinquency and the ways or efforts to overcome juvenile delinquency at public senior high schools in Bantaeng regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The study employed a qualitative study by applying the phenomenology approach. The data source consisted of 20 people, namely three headmasters, seven counseling guidance teachers, two student’s parents, and eight students. Data collection methods consisted of observation, interview, and documentation. Data analysis technique was carried out through three stages, namely: data reduction, data display, and concluding. The study results indicated that the forms of juvenile delinquency were in the forms of delinquency which cause physical casualties, i.e., fighting; which cause material casualties, i.e., smoking, blackmail, drinking liquor, and consuming drugs; and that were against the status, i.e., absent and truant in attending the class and school. The factors that cause juvenile delinquency were internal factors including lack of interest, lack of awareness, and the weak of self-control. External factors included the family environment, the school environment, and the community environment. The efforts to overcome juvenile delinquency were a preventive and curative attempt. Curative efforts include religious, family, and coaching approaches. The curative effort includes mediating the causes of juvenile delinquency, talking through parents, making statements, making resumes, giving opportunities to present religious speeches by the forms of delinquency made, providing sanctions for cleaning mosques, toilets, and standing in the field. Also, this study recommended allowing smoking made from cow dung and HVS papers for students who smoke.