Children who commit crimes or who are commonly referred to as children in conflict with the law tend to accept invitations or orders when they violate the law, the children in conflict with the law are also unable to recognize, feel, and control their emotions when they violate the law. In conflict with the law lack of knowledge about emotions can encourage them to do destructive things. The purpose of this study is to see whether emotional intelligence training can improve the understanding of the children in conflict with the law and whether the children in conflict with the law can recognize and manage their emotions so that they can intelligently use their emotions in everyday life. This study involved 17 children facing the law who were in the M social institution. The pretest and posttest results were calculated using the Wilcoxon signed rank test technique. The results showed the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training in children facing the law.

Emotional Intelligence

children in conflict with the law

juvenile delinquency