Children who are the sprouts of the nation and the future generation must get
protection, so the role of the Yogyakarta City government is needed in assisting
minors in Yogyakarta City who commit drug crimes. The Yogyakarta City
Government has made efforts against children perpetrators of drug crimes to
ensure the welfare of children victims of drug abuse by providing assistance carried
out by the Yogyakarta City Social Service from the initial stage, namely when
receiving reports from investigators, until the stage after carrying out criminal
punishment in the form of rehabilitation by applying diversion in every stage
carried out by children victims of drug abuse. This legal research is carried out by
empirical juridical research methods or in other words is a type of sociological
legal research or field research, which examines the applicable legal provisions
that have occurred in people's lives. This research was conducted on the actual
situation in order to find out and find the facts and data needed.