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5 Int'l J. Jurid. L. 1 (2026)

handle is hein.journals/intljlojdl5 and id is 1 raw text is: International Journal of Judicial Law Implementation of Restorative Justice in Resolution of the Criminal act of Theft with Aggrevaction by Children at Mataram City Police I Nyoman Diana Mahardika 1*, Amiruddin 2, Laely Wulandari3 1 Master of Laws, University of Mataram, Indonesia 2-3 University of Mataram, Indonesia * Corresponding Author: I Nyoman Diana Mahardika Article Info ISSN (online): 2583-6536 Volume: 05 Issue: 01 Received: 03-11-2025 Accepted: 05-12-2025 Published: 01-01-2026 Page No: 01-06 Abstract This study aims to analyze the Implementation of Restorative Justice in handling criminal acts of aggravated theft committed by children in the Mataram City Police, using the Empirical Legal Research Method. The results of the study show that the Implementation of Restorative Justice in handling criminal acts of aggravated theft committed by children in the Mataram City Police, none of which were resolved with Diversion or Restorative Justice. The inhibiting factors for the implementation of Restorative Justice are Juridical Factors, Indonesia does not yet have regulations on Restorative Justice that are national and generally applicable to all Law Enforcement Officers, which are still sectoral in nature which only apply to each internal Law Enforcement Officer institution ; Non-juridical factors, even though there has been a peace agreement between the victim and the perpetrator, investigators cannot immediately carry out Restorative Justice efforts because in handling child cases they are required to refer to the SPPA Law and coordinate with other institutions such as PK Bapas, Peksos and LPA. DOI: I Keywords: Restorative Justice, Aggravated Theft, and Children in Conflict with the Law Introduction As a nation governed by law, as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the Indonesian nation aims to realize a prosperous, safe, peaceful, orderly, just, and prosperous life for all its citizens. To achieve this goal, efforts are required to uphold justice, truth, and legal certainty, providing protection and guidance to the community E1]. One way to achieve this is through criminal law enforcement. Criminal Law is a legal rule (rechtsregel) a statement and proposition containing legal rules, which regulate commands (gebod), prohibitions (verbod), and permissibility (mogen). Therefore, in order to realize legal order in society, sanctions are needed for those who violate it [2]. The crime of theft as regulated in the Criminal Code, abbreviated as KUHP according to the law and its elements in Article 362 of the KUHP, is a formulation of theft in its basic form which explains: Whoever takes something, which belongs wholly or partly to another person, with the intention ofpossessing it unlawfully, is guilty of theft, with a maximum prison sentence offive years or a maximumfine of nine hundred rupiah [3].,, ' Rodliyah, Criminal Law Reform Regarding the Execution of the Death Penalty for Pregnant Women, Arti Bumi Intaran, Yogyakarta, no year, p. 1. 2 Amiruddin, Indonesian Criminal Law, Genta Publishing, 1st Edition, Yogyakarta, 2015, pp. 1 and 3. 3Adami Chazawi, Crimes Against Property and Objects, Media Nusa Creative, 2016, p. 5. 1|Page