also impacted social stress or tension i.e. disturbing society and causing material loss such as public utility damage, society’s broken cars, and
smashed public transport. Amir clarified the data of gangs fighting in Jakarta has increased from year
to year. And he stated that the gang-fight committed by students was higher than that committed by society. And according to National Movement in anti-
drugs, gang-fight, and anarchy and Dinas Pendidikan Jakarta observation, it
was inferential that there were 137 gang-fight-often-committing-schools
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and it became something surprising and breath-taking because we know that
students are the future holders of the country and are educated people. Regarding with student smokers, a research showed that 64. 8 of Jakarta
male students and 8. 8 Jakarta female students are active smokers and it stated 53. 2 of them are 15 – 19 years old.
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Based on two informants the writer interviewed with, the informants stated that gang existed at their school and the possible acts of delinquencies students
always did in group were smoking, bullying, playing hooky, using drugs, and fighting.
From the description above, therefore, the writer initiates to conduct the study related to student gangs that often commit delinquency, because he must
strongly overcome any obstacle facing his country education in order that the education processes run as hoped and planned and achieve the optimal results.
B. Research Question
From the background of the study the writer presented, there are several research questions the writer inquires as mentioned below.
1. Do gangs play dominant role on juvenile delinquency?
2. How dominant do the gangs play their role on juvenile delinquency?
3. What delinquency do the gangs mostly affect?
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4. What are the impacts of gangs on school including students’ learning of the
gangs and the school its self? 5.
What are the impacts of gangs on society including their family and themselves?
C. Limitation of Study
To avoid misunderstanding, misconception, and unspecified study, the writer limits the study by:
1. Focusing on the gangs of high school students, their role on juvenile
delinquency at their school, their impact on school and society. 2.
Focusing only on State High School SMA located in South Tangerang. 3.
Conducting the research of the gangs in some State High Schools, as sample, located in South Tangerang.
D. Objectives of Research
The following points are objectives of the research in this study. 1.
To know deeply the existence of gang at school
2. To indicate the factors of gang appearance
3. To interrogate the motives of students joining in gang
4. To know the types of delinquency gang mostly affects
5. To know and analyze the impacts of gang on school including school itself
and students’ school performance 6.
To know and analyze the impacts of gang on society including society itself, gang members’ family, and gang members themselves
7. To find the relationship between gangs and juvenile delinquency
8. To indicate the dominancy of gang on juvenile delinquency, and
9. To find the way to handle the delinquency affected by gang
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E. Significance of Research
The study contributes to either individual or institutional as follows: 1.
To School a.
Minimizing and preventing the delinquency at school b.
Doing its teaching-and-learning activity more effectively and more well-running
c. Achieving its education purposes in an optimal work
d. Making school environment safe and more peaceful
2. To Parents
a. Controlling their children more carefully
b. Anticipating the chance of their children’s delinquency
c. Caring of family more intensively
d. Supporting their children’s good desire
3. To Society
a. Doing their activity without any disturbance of gangs’ delinquency
b. Anticipating their environment to be safe and more comfortable
c. Being no social loss such as public utility damage, society’s broken
cars, and smashed public transport.
4. To Gangs Themselves
b. Making peers group in good ways and for good objectives
c. Joining teaching-and-learning activity more intensively and seriously
d. Supporting the school activities
e. Chasing their dreams and future of education
f. Being kind, nice, and friendly to friends and people outside
g. Being no student is dead or imprisoned
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F. Definition of Terms
