YOUTHFUL
OFFENDERS
Camela Jañolan Dugan
BSED2 – Social Studies
Do teenagers are really the hope
of the nation?
What is
Youthfull
Offenders?
During your adolescents
stage do you think you
live your life like what
Rizal tell about the
Youths?
Now that you are
already in the stage of
early adulthood what
can you say about your
adolescents stage? Did
you do act in accordance
to the law?
Youth Offenders
-It is a child, minor or youth,
including one who is emancipated in
accordance with law, who is over
nine years old and under eighteen
years of age at the time of the
commission of the offense.
THE CHILD AND YOUTH
WELFARE CODE
- It provides for the care and treatment of
youth offenders from the time of
apprehension up to the termination of the
case.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 603
THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE
CHAPTER III
Youthful Offenders
Article 189. Youthful Offender Defined. A youthful offender is one who is over
nine years but under twenty-one years of
age at the time of the commission of the
offense.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 603
THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE
CHAPTER III
Youthful Offenders
Article 189.
A child nine years of age or under at the time
of the offense shall be exempt from criminal
liability and shall be committed to the care of
his or her father or mother, or nearest relative
or family friend in the discretion of the court
and subject to its supervision.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 603
THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE
Article 189.
CHAPTER III
Youthful Offenders
The same shall be done for a child over nine
years and under fifteen years of age at the
time of the commission of the offense, unless
he acted with discernment, in which case he
shall be proceeded against in accordance with
Article 192.
Article 192- Suspension of Sentence
and Commitment of Youthful
Offender.
-When a youthful offender has committed the
acts charged against him the court shall
determine the imposable penalty, including
any civil liability chargeable against him.
Article 192- Suspension of Sentence
and Commitment of Youthful
Offender.
-However, instead of pronouncing judgment of
conviction, the court shall suspend all further
proceedings and shall commit such minor to
the custody or care of the Department of
Social Welfare until he shall have reached
twenty-one years of age.
Article 192- Suspension of Sentence
and Commitment of Youthful
Offender.
The youthful offender shall be subject to
visitation and supervision by a representative
of the Department of Social Welfare or any
duly licensed agency or such other officer as
the Court may designate subject to such
conditions as it may prescribe.
Article 192 Suspension of Sentence and
Commitment of Youthful Offender.
If after hearing the evidence in the proper proceedings,
the court should find that the youthful offender has committed
the acts charged against him the court shall determine the
imposable penalty, including any civil liability chargeable
against him. However, instead of pronouncing judgment of
conviction, the court shall suspend all further proceedings and
shall commit such minor to the custody or care of the
Department of Social Welfare, or to any training institution
operated by the government, or duly licensed agencies or any
other responsible person, until he shall have reached twentyone years of age or, for a shorter period as the court may deem
proper, after considering the reports and recommendations of
the Department of Social Welfare or the agency or responsible
individual under whose care he has been committed.
Juvenile
Delinquency
in the Philippines
Juvenile Delinquency
-refers to criminal acts performed
by children under the age of 18.
According to statistics released by the Philippine
National Police from 2012 to 2015, about 60 percent of
juvenile crimes fall under crimes against property. These
include theft, robbery, malicious mischief and estafa,
statistics by the PNP from 2012 to 2015 revealed.
Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency
Violence At Home
-If violence is all they have
encountered, they turn into violent
people themselves.
Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency
Peer Pressure
Social circles matter most after a child’s
home environment. If parents are too
controlling, the child might resort to the
wrong company to feel better by
breaking the rules. Similarly, if parents
are absent and the child cannot tell
wrong from right, they choose to go
with a circle to feel in control and
protected.
Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency
Socioeconomic Factors
The children residing in poor areas
commit crimes like stealing or getting
involved in bloody fights only because
they feel they must do so to survive. If
children in such areas are provided with
the right kind of schooling and the basic
necessities to live, they might not resort
to committing crimes to get through.
Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency
Poor Educational Quality
-Formal education not only equips children
with essential skills that they can bring into
adulthood, but it also gives them priceless
information about their actions’ potential
consequences.
THANK
YOU!