Legal Analysis of Criminal Responsibility of Perpetrators of the Criminal act of Pimping Based on Justice (Decision Study No: 28/Pid.B/2017/PN Dps)

Abstract

Pimping is an activity regulated in the Criminal Code and is very contrary to morality, it is stated that the term pimp is classified as a crime against morality regulated in CHAPTER XIV Book II of the Criminal Code. In essence, criminal liability is a form of mechanism created to react to violations of a certain act that has been agreed upon. The element of error is the main element in criminal liability. This is because the pimp was not directly involved when the raid was carried out by the authorities, while the perpetrators of prostitution were directly involved when the arrest was made, and could be proven immediately because they had been caught red-handed. The approach method used is normative juridical, namely a library legal research conducted by examining library materials or secondary data only using deductive thinking methods. The writing specifications use descriptive analysis, the sources and types of data used are secondary data. The data collection method is by collecting data using secondary data collection methods. The problem is analyzed with the theory of criminal responsibility, the theory of the legal system and the theory of justice. The responsibility of the perpetrator of the crime of theft under aggravating circumstances in the decision No. 28/Pid.B/2017/PN Dps that the panel of judges decided his actions stated that defendant I KR, defendant II IMS and defendant III WT were legally proven and guilty of committing a crime of facilitating indecent acts by others with other people and making it a livelihood with a prison sentence of 4 (four) months 7 (seven) days each. In the regulations of each regional government that takes policies with certain actions that can be categorized as repressive actions, in the sense of taking action against prostitution in society, by not implementing criminal law that is still in force or an operational policy.