EFEKTIVITAS DISKRESI KEPOLISIN MELALUI PENDEKATAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DALAM PENYELESAIAN TINDAK PIDANA KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA DI KOTA BATAM (STUDI KASUS POLRESTA BARELANG)

Abstrak

The formation of Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence (PKDRT) which is one
of the government's supports to eliminate all forms of violence as a form of crime of Domestic Violence (KDRT)
can be subject to sanctions such as imprisonment or confinement. In this case the Effectiveness of Police
Discretion through the application of Restorative Justice in criminal acts of domestic violence. Based on Law
Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police in article 18 paragraph 1 related to police discretion
which reads For the public interest officials of the Indonesian National Police in carrying out their duties and
authorities can act according to their own judgment. So in this case the police explained that for police discretion
in terms of restorative justice the effectiveness here is to reduce the high rate of divorce and the existence of this
Restorative justice is applied to restore the situation to how it was before and to provide a deterrent effect for
perpetrators not to repeat it. With the existence of restorative justice, the police also stated that 80% had a
deterrent effect on the perpetrators and 20% had repeated crimes due to light hands or economic aspects.