Abstract: This study aims to analyze and find the philosophy of criminal punishment in the juvenile criminal justice system in Indonesia, identify judges considerations in imposing criminal penalties for children who are perpetrators of criminal acts in Indonesia and analyze and find the legal implications of sentencing crimes by judges to the existence of community research reports. is a normative legal research with Legislation Approach, Case Approach, Historical Approach, Comparative Approach, Conceptual Approach. The sources of legal materials used are primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The collection of legal materials using library research and interviews. Then described and analyzed qualitatively. The results of this study indicate that (1) the philosophical imposition of criminal penalties in the juvenile criminal justice system in Indonesia is a criminal process that is imposed not solely based on the actions that have been carried out by the perpetrator, but the handling of children, the application of punishment is more fostering and protecting children