JUVENILE LAW: CONTROVERSIES AND DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS ADDRESSING DELINQUENCY
Keywords:
Youth laws, juvenile, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Restorative justiceAbstract
Youth laws are designed to establish a system for protecting the rights of Juveniles against exploitation or abuse in various forms, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These provisions are outlined in the Juvenile and Family Court Act and the Procedures for Juvenile and Family Cases Act, B.E. 2553 (2010), which define the age ranges and categorize judicial procedures into three categories: 1) under 12 years old, 2) over 12 but under 15 years old, 3) over 15 but under 18 years old.
In this academic article, the author will present as follows:
1) Convention on the Rights of the Child
2) Juvenile delinquency problems
3) Juvenile law: a tool to protect the rights and well-being of children and youth
4) Issues regarding the appropriateness of juvenile law
5) The use of restorative justice in juvenile criminal justice: A comparison between other countries and Thailand
6) Problems in the enforcement of juvenile law
This is to be useful in implementing the restorative justice process, which is a process that helps mediate and create more understanding between offenders, victims and society, more widely used and better known. This is a process that many countries have effectively applied in the juvenile justice process.
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