APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled “Juvenile Welfare Act: A solution

or a menace to society?”, prepared and submitted by Stephen
Louie P. Bancua, and Jessa Malinao, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Criminology, has been examined and is hereby endorsed for
oral examination, approval and acceptance.

ARTHELO P. PALMA, PhD

Adviser
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PANEL OF EXAMINERS

Accepted and approved by the panel of examiners on Oral

Examination with a grade of ______.

REX S. APARICIO, MSCrim

Chairperson

LORENZO I. BALILI Jr., MAEdTech

Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the

requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science in
criminology.

LYNDON F. DEVERO, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs

May 2017

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like to express our endless gratitude to our

perfect Creator Father God for His grace, glory and guidance

for making this research possible. To our friends, mentors,

and especially to our parents for not giving up their all-

out support and encouragement.

We are thankful to the administration of Davao Central

College for helping us in conducting our investigation, and

for giving us the approval to disseminate our questionnaires

outside the school.

This research would have not been possible if not also

of the assistance and support of the faculty, panel of

experts and the Criminology Department. To Dr. Lyndon F.

Devero, Vice President of Academic Affairs; Prof. Rex R.

Aparecio, program head; Dr. Arthelo P. Palma, for giving us

the proper instruction, assurance and ways to reach out and

see the meaning of research; and Mr. Lorenzo R. Balili Jr .,

for his worthy comments and suggestions for the improvement

of our work; thank you all.

The Researchers

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i

APPROVAL SHEET ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF FIGURES vii

ABSTRACT

Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING 1

INTRODUCTION 1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 3

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 5

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 5

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 5

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 6

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 7

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 8

THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 15

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 16

Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN 18

RESEARCH METHOD 19

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 RESEARCH RESPONDENTS 19

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES 19

Chapter 3 RESULTS

COMMON CRIMES COMMITTED 21

PARENT’S COMMENT ABOUT RA 9344 23

LAW EXPERTS COMMENTS ABOUT RA 9344 23

EXECUTIVE BODY’S COMMENTS ABOUT RA 9344 26

OFFENDER’S COMMENTS ABOUT RA 9344 29

Chapter 4 DISCUSSION

ADVANTAGE OF JUVENILE WELFARE ACT 64

DISADVANTAGE OF JUVENILE WELFARE ACT 74

Chapter 5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY 77

CONCLUSIONS 77

RECOMMENDATIONS 77

REFERENCES 79

APPENDICES 84

CURRICULUM VITAE 84