The Role of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia in the Application of Resorative Justice

Abstract

Restorative justice is a process in which all interested parties to a particular offense meet together to resolve together to resolve together how to resolve the consequences of the violation in the interest of the future. Based on the findings in the field regarding the mechanism for handling restorative justice systematically, the mechanism for changing losses to victims in an effort to handle restorative justice cases by looking at it from the humanitarian side, namely between the two parties already understands each other and agrees with each other to finance the injuries caused to the victim and the change of losses must also be in accordance with the ability of the perpetrator, in the process of handling restorative justice cases must involve all stakeholders (all parties in society including individuals or groups who have an interest or role), this is done openly to reach an agreement between the two parties, this is done so that no one is harmed, besides that In handling the restorative justice case, the police cannot force the victim to only provide a place to conduct mediation and mediation only the village officials where both parties live, then Identify and take steps to recover losses for the victim. In addition to imprisonment that brings consequences to the families of prisoners, the current system is considered not to be a relief or cure for victims. Moreover, the legal process takes a long time. On the contrary, on the restorative model, what is emphasized is conflict resolution. The idea of Restorative Justice has also been accommodated in the draft criminal law book, namely the introduction of an alternative criminal system in the form of social work punishment and supervision punishment. So that in the end Restorative Justice pays attention at the same time to the interests of crime victims, perpetrators of crime and society.

Keywords: Role, Policing, Resorative Justice

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/125-09

Publication date:October 31^st 2022