A Dataset for Family Resilience among Juvenile Offenders in Java

Abstract

Family resilience is recognized as a contributing factor to the development of delinquent behavior in juveniles. This study presents a survey dataset that characterizes the state of family resilience among young offenders in Java, Indonesia. The data is sorted by age, educational background, duration of confinement, and the level of family resilience. The research utilized the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire along with demographic information about the participants. A total of 96 juvenile offenders from LPKA Kutoarjo and LPKA Bandung were sampled for this research, and descriptive statistics were conducted using SPSS version 23.0. The study findings revealed that the majority of participants were 18 years old (47,90%), possessed a high school education (43,75%), had served a criminal sentence of 1-3 years (46,87%), and had very high family resilience (59.36%). Future research be able to investigate family resilience from the viewpoint of parents involved in the Juvenile Offender program. Furthermore, we expect that this research will yield favorable outcomes that can benefit various stakeholders, such as correctional facilities, families, as well as professionals in the fields of forensic, social, and family psychology.