This study aims to analyze the characteristics of judge’s decision differences on the child offender drugs transaction. One of the problems in enforcing the law on drug trafficking crimes is the judge’s different decisions.
This research is normative legal research. The materials used consist of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials. The research approach used consists of the Statue Approach, Case Approach, and Conceptual Approach.
The results of the study indicate that the characteristics of the difference in the judge’s decision against the child offender of drug transaction crimes are casuistic, in accordance with the case itself. In every case, there are distinct issues that create differences, so that the decisions handed down cannot be equated from one case to another case. Factors that influence the difference in the judge’s decision include the age or maturity, the level of involvement in the crime, the social environment, and the purpose of juvenile law.