Criminology Prespectives of Criminal Acts in Correctional Institutions

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211130.084How to use a DOI?

Keywords

criminology; crime; correctional facilities

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyse the factors that cause the occurrence of crimes in correctional institutions (Lapas), especially those that occur in Class II B Prison in Merauke. This research is a type of normative juridical research which bases its analysis using a statute approach accompanied by a conceptual approach and literature review related to the problems under study. The results showed that the problems that occurred in LAPAS in Merauke Regency, Papua Province, which on May 8, 2021 in Merauke Class IIB LAPAS, there was a criminal act of maltreatment in the form of beatings by the inmates of other inmates using a sharp weapon, which resulted in 2 residents. The assistants passed away. These problems can be caused by 3 (three) factors, namely; 1) The legal substance, namely, there are laws and regulations which cause overcapacity which implies that criminal acts are committed by fellow assisted citizens, as in the Criminal Code, the regulation of imprisonment is still the main solution in giving sanctions to criminals In the Criminal Procedure Code the requirements for detention and long detention periods are lax and other special laws; 2) Factors of the legal structure of law enforcers who are often negligent in carrying out their duties, lack of knowledge of duties, welfare of officers and a strong desire of prisoners to get freedom / concessions, unfair competition, and social jealousy and facilities and infrastructure in Lemabaga Inadequate correctional facilities; 3) Factors of legal culture law enforcement officers still have a paradigm of prison is the main drug (premium remedium) which is the most effective to impose sanctions on criminals, the community also still has bad stigma against former convicts, so that ex-convicts find it difficult to accepted by society.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Salvadoris Pieter
AU  - Nurul Widhanita Y. Badilla
AU  - Rudini Hasyim Rado
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/03
TI  - Criminology Prespectives of Criminal Acts in Correctional Institutions
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joined Conference on Social Science (ICSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 464
EP  - 472
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211130.084
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211130.084
ID  - Pieter2021
ER  -