POLICE ROLE IN COLLABORATION INTEGRATION FOR PREVENTING AND SOLVING PROBLEM OF CHILD AND YOUTH VIOLENCE

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 This research aimed to understand and explain the phenomenon of violence use among Thai children and youth from lessons learned gained by experiences of police officers and multidisciplinary teams and from the perspective of various sciences. The research also aimed to find ways to develop police roles in integrating cooperation for the prevention and resolution of violence use among children and youth. The qualitative research methodology was used to collect data using in-depth interviews, story-telling and focus group by key informants,  including police officers, inquiry officers, multidisciplinary teams that join juvenile investigation processes, experts and scholars in various disciplines

The results of the research found that the situation of violence use among children and youth consists of 8 issues, namely (1) Children and young people use violence at an earlier age (2) Children imitate violence from the media and use it against others and themselves (3) More violence has been committed and it has happened more easily. (4) There is an expansion of violence to online society. (5) Violent gang groups has become common. (6) Hate has been more easily created and (7) Violence use has become more complex and can be easily expanded and (8) The condition of victims as violence arousal has changed. Factors or conditions related to the violence use of children and youth are divided into 7 dimensions: (1) the identity of children and youth (2) the family (3) the peer (4) the school (6) the community and (7) the educational / social / economic system. The guidelines for the development of police roles in integrating cooperation for the prevention and resolution of the problem in the part of police role development are to develop 4 main areas, namely (1) the development of roles in performing duties (2) the development of personal characteristics (3) the educational and training development and (4) the development of police management system, which must be conducted in parallel with the creation and development of cooperation networks from all sectors and the creation and continuity of the network.