| dc.description.abstract | The democratic election of president Rodrigo Duterte on May 9, 2016, in combination with Philippines current socio-economic circumstances, has drawn the attention of national and international agencies and is the subject of public debates. Since his War on Drugs, juvenile delinquency and criminalization have become widely discussed topics about which Duterte has said that children killed in the drug war are collateral damage . Different governmental and non-governmental organizations are dedicated to help children by providing a shelter, love and education, as well as in-depth programmes to rehabilitate and eventually reintegrate children in conflict with the law into society. To explain the high rate of juvenile delinquency and the functioning of support and rehabilitation initiatives, we have conducted qualitative research based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in both Olongapo City and Puerto Princesa from February until April 2017. This thesis outlines how socio-economic and political circumstances are related to juvenile delinquency and support and rehabilitation initiatives. We argue that certain socio-economic conditions play an important role in the emergence of a crime environment children and youth live in and that Philippines current political conditions maintain this environment. Thereby, we argue that president Duterte s War on Drugs seems counterproductive of what it is supposed to defeat and that only a focus on the causes, rather than the consequences of crime, may defeat juvenile delinquency and may positively contribute to the goals of different support and rehabilitation initiatives. | |
