Criminological Review of Domestic Violence Against Wife: Case Study of Boalemo Police Station

Volume 5, Number 2, 2024 https://ijble.com/index.php/journal/index Criminological Review of Domestic Violence Against Wife (Case Study of Boalemo Police Station) Risma Bakue1, Sri Rahayu Lestari Pade2, Karlin Z. Mamu3, Endah Rizki Ekwanto4 (Universitas Pohuwato1,2 Universitas Negeri Gorontalo3 Universitas Ichsan Gorontalo Utara4) ([email protected], [email protected] .id3, [email protected]) ABSTRACT Domestic violence is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with firmly, because acts of violence committed by husbands against wives result in physical, sexual, psychological, and even death. This study aims to determine the factors that cause domestic violence against wives and police efforts in reducing / overcoming criminal acts of domestic violence against wives. This research uses empirical research methods, by analyzing data obtained from the object of research and conducting interviews. Based on the results of this study, it shows that the factors that cause domestic violence against wives are infidelity factors, economic factors, alcoholic beverage factors and police efforts in reducing / overcoming criminal acts of domestic violence against wives are carried out by preventive efforts, namely socialization related to the Law on the Elimination of Domestic Violence, conducting coaching, and repressive efforts, namely taking action. Keywords: Criminological Review, Crime, Domestic Violence INTRODUCTION A family is a group of two or more people each having a kinship relationship consisting of fathers, mothers, brothers, and grandmothers. Or the family is a group of people with ties of marriage, birth and adoption that aim to create, maintain culture and enhance the physical, mental, emotional and social development of each family member. there is also a family is the smallest unit of society consisting of the head of the family and several people who gather and live somewhere under one roof in a state of interdependence. While the family is recorded in statutory law in Indonesia, it is formed due to marital ties. (Ali, 2018) Families are formed through marriage. Marriage is a new chapter for individuals to start an obligation and share a new role with their partner. Role functions will determine the duties and obligations of individuals in a harmonious family. With this institution, there will be legal rules that protect the existence of these relationships in society. Where then, then the couple becomes a family in which it consists of a father, mother, and child or childless even though living a family life is certainly not as easy and smooth as imagined, there must be many twists and turns of problems that must be faced by the family. Here understanding and a sense of family togetherness are needed so that later everything can be faced and in accordance with the expectations of each family member. (Ramadhan, 2018) Talking about marriage is something that is not as easy as turning your palm, but that does not mean it cannot be carried out. Having the same goal must be realized that the goal must be achieved together not only by the wife or 2732 Volume 5, Number 2, 2024 https://ijble.com/index.php/journal/index husband. (Supramono, 2019) Family life is certainly not as easy and smooth as imagined, there must be many twists and turns faced by the family. However, some families feel frustrated and lack wisdom in living family life and then lead to acts of domestic violence committed by family members. Violence often occurs in everyday life, violence is any act that harms women physically, sexually or psychologically, including threats of violence or women's independence arising in society or in private life, violence is also a serious problem that must be addressed by the government by specializing in laws that regulate the implementation of protecting the rights of someone who is a victim of violence. (Adrian, 2019) In general, people assume that the environment outside the home is more dangerous than inside the home. This assumption is formed because many crimes that are revealed and publicized are crimes that occur outside the home environment. While the home is considered a safe place for family members and people who live in it, where family members and people who live in it can interact with the foundation of love, mutual respect, and respect. People do not expect that the home can be the most terrifying place for family members. Violence, regardless of its form and severity, can occur within the home. People who are considered to be a shelter turn out to be the cause of catastrophe. Persecution, rape and even murder often occur among family members themselves. (Missa, 2018) As a social institution, the household is expected to be a place of warm and intensive interaction between its members, a place to instill social values. As a legal institution, the household is expected to be a safe and comfortable place for all its members, protecting each other, respecting each other, loving each other so that eternal happiness grows. However, on the contrary, the household becomes an arena for violence. Acts committed by one of the parties are classified as criminal acts, which are called criminal acts of domestic violence (TPKDRT). (Soeroso, 2011) Domestic violence perpetrated especially against women by their partners or close family members is sometimes an issue that is never brought to the fore. Although awareness of the experience of violence against women takes place all the time, the phenomenon of domestic violence against women is identified with the nature of the problem private space. Violence that occurs in the household is not considered a legal event, but rather a marital dynamic, thus people who experience violence by fellow family members are not entitled to protection from the state and society. This systematic lack of legal protection has led to domestic violence being treated as normal. (Aziz, n.d.) In general, the problem of domestic violence is closely related to women's lack of access to economic resources (financial capital and immovable objects such as land, and other sources of welfare), age, education, religion and ethnicity. Domestic violence experienced by women is also multi-layered, meaning that the forms of violence experienced by women can be more than one form of physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence. Therefore, domestic violence is any act against a person, especially women, which results in physical, sexual, psychological, and/or domestic neglect, including threats to commit acts, coercion, or unlawful deprivation of independence within the scope of the household. 2733 Volume 5, Number 2, 2024 https://ijble.com/index.php/journal/index (Pasalbessy, 2010) Article 1 of Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning marriage states that marriage is a physical and mental bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife to create a happy and lasting family (household) based on God Almighty Article 33 of Law Numb (...truncated)