Abstrak
This study aims to determine the factors that influence juvenile delinquency in Balai-Balai Village, West Padang Panjang Subdistrict, Padang Panjang City. The type of research used in this study is descriptive qualitative research, namely by describing events in the field systematically. Informants or people who act as providers of information in this study are adolescents and parents in Balai-Balai Village, West Padang Panjang District, Padang Panjang City. The collects data using observation and interview techniques, then the data obtained is processed using qualitative descriptive data analysis techniques and data triangulation. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the factors that influence juvenile delinquency in Balai-Balai Village, Padang Panjang Barat Subdistrict consist of two factors, namely internal factors and external factors. Internal factors include adolescents' weak understanding of religious values and no awareness of carrying out their obligations as Muslims, so that teenagers often leave the obligation to pray, as well as the weakness of adolescents' self-defense so that they do not dare to reject the invitation of friends who invite them to do bad things. While external factors that influence juvenile delinquency are household environment factors and factors of the surrounding community where adolescents live. A society that is less caring and less sensitive is one of the factors that cause juvenile delinquency. For school environment factors do not really affect juvenile delinquency in Balai-Balai Village, West Padang Panjang District