@article{MAKHILLTSS2017121124506,
    title = {Chemical Castration Penalty for Sex Offenders in Indonesia},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {12},
    number = {11},
    pages = {2040-2043},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2017.2040.2043},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2017.2040.2043},
    author = {M.},
    keywords = {Castration penalty,sexual crimes,sexual crimes,punishments,criminal code,population},
    abstract = {There have been so many sexual crimes in Indonesia lately and several of the perpetrators are even
police officers themselves who are actually law enforcement officials that have to protect people from criminal
acts. Therefore, IPW (the Indonesian Police Watch) insists that sex offenders have to be punished maximally
and castrated. Castration penalty is a type of punishments imposed upon perpetrators of sexual crimes; it is
formulated in PERPU No. 1/2016 which is not found in the Criminal Code. Castration penalty which is formulated
in PERPU will be implemented after a convict has been imprisoned for 2 years. Therefore, this castration penalty
is a supplementary punishment for convicts who have undergone 2 year-imprisonment as his principal
punishment. The objective of this research is first to find out the types of punishment stipulated in legal
provisions concerning sexual crimes prior to the issuance of PERPU No. 1/2016; secondly to find out people’s
perception on the formulation of castration penalization imposed upon sex offenders; thirdly to find out which
institution/agency that should be the executor of this castration penalty. The research used normative
sociological approach. A normative research uses legal provisions and comparison approaches. Sociological
research was done in Medan. The research population was the inhabitants who Dwelled in Medan,
taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The groups of people who were studied were religious
group, adolescents and women, medical group (Indonesian Doctors Association) and legislative group
(Regional Representative Council) by using questionnaires. The data were analyzed qualitatively. The result
of the research showed that, first, sexual crimes have been regulated in the Criminal Code and in the other legal
provisions outside of the Criminal Code. The penalty which is formulated in this law is imprisonment there has
been no castration penalty in it so far. Secondly in general, the Indonesian people oppose to castration penalty
imposed on sex offenders even though it is imposed after the convicts have undergone principal imprisonment.
Thirdly, if the castration penalty is imposed on sex offenders, people suggest that the executors be doctors or
specialists who are professional in their field.}
    }