The Return of State Finances: Effectiveness of The New Paradigm in Enforcing of Law on Corruption Crimes Cases

Hadi Purnomo, Baharudin Baharudin, Mohammad Nasr Khater

Abstract


The law enforcement in corruption cases in Indonesia tends to emphasize a retributive legal approach. A paradigm shift is needed in anti-corruption law enforcement, which emphasizes a restorative justice approach that focuses on the recovery of state financial assets (asset recovery). This study aims to analyze the current law enforcement against corruption crimes and analyze the need for a paradigm shift in law enforcement against corruption crimes in Indonesia with an emphasis on the urgency of returning state finances. This study used normative juridical method. The results of the study indicate that the imposition of criminal penalties for corruption crimes, which prioritize a retributive approach, is considered ineffective and far from achieving the goal of preventing perpetrators of corruption or potential perpetrators of corruption. This is one of the main reasons why corruption continues to recur and increase. Financial losses and the burden on the state will continue to increase if there is no change in the handling of corruption cases in Indonesia. Finding the effectiveness of the paradigm in anti-corruption law enforcement, the restorative justice approach is considered more appropriate in efforts to recover state financial losses, a progressive approach and oriented towards recovery rather than just punishment.

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Corruption; Law enforcement; New Paradigm;

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