The Role of Family and Community in Efforts to Overcome Juvenile Delinquency

Abstract

Adolescence is a time when a human being is in search of his or her identity. Juvenile delinquency is an outlet for the problems faced by teenagers whose actions are deviant. Juvenile delinquency often causes physical, material and social victims. This research aims to increase the role of the family and community in efforts overcoming delinquency among teenagers due to the increasing number of teenagers who deviate from norms. Parents in overcoming juvenile delinquency in a preventive way, namely instilling character from childhood in children, paying more attention to parents, invite children to take part in community activities. The repressive method is to give advice and warnings and the curative method is to educate and take action. Inhibiting factors are lack of supervision, lack of education and children's social factors. Adolescents can control their daily behavior both in the family environment and in the community so that they do not behave deviantly which has the potential to commit juvenile delinquency, and there are efforts made by parents in dealing with juvenile delinquency so that adolescent behavior is better than before. It is hoped that parents can foster, guide and continue to supervise their teenage children so that they do not have the wrong social interactions that can cause children to commit juvenile delinquency which can disturb the surrounding community.