Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Good day, I would like to request information about the following:
1. The number of juvenile delinquency (per region).
2. The number of juvenile delinquency (per sex).
3. rate of juvenile delinquency
4.The number of juvenile recidivist in the Philippines (per region).
5. The number of juvenile recidivist in the Philippines (per sex).
6. juvenile recidivism rate in the Philippines.

November 9, 2020

Dear Tanya,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 09, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Juvenile  Recidivism.

We received your request on Nov 09, 2020 and will respond on or before Nov 30, 2020 09:45:19 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster10262017200000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNjQxNTcxMjM3MTUxDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-641571237151.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

16 November 2020


Dear Ms. Tanya Panganiban,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 9 November 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested information on the following for your thesis research: (1) The number of juvenile delinquency (per region); (2) The number of juvenile delinquency (per sex); (3) rate of juvenile delinquency; (4) The number of juvenile recidivist in the Philippines (per region); (5) The number of juvenile recidivist in the Philippines (per sex); and (6) juvenile recidivism rate in the Philippines. 

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

It is the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) that may have the data that you require. Under Republic Act 10630 (the “Juvenile Justice Welfare Act”), the JJWC oversees the implementation of the law. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the JJWC by submitting a request to them via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 921-0565 or via email at [email protected].

Further, the requested data for numbers (4), (5) and (6) might be available at the Philippine National Police (PNP), specifically the Women Children Protection Center (WCPC), since people report crimes, even those committed by children, to the PNP directly. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PNP by submitting a request to the PNP via this portal. You may contact them by telephone at 8723-0401.

Finally, under Republic Act 10625 (the “Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”), the Philippine Statistics Authority is the government agency responsible for preparing and conducting periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, business, industry and other sectors of the economy. The PSA may have data regarding your request. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PSA by submitting a request to the PSA via this portal. You may also contact the PSA by telephone at 462-6600 locals 839, 833 and 834 or via email at [email protected].

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.


Respectfully,

Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker