Legal Analysis of Criminal Responsibility for Perpetrators of Joint Extortion Crimes (Case Study of Decision at the Central Jakarta District Court Number 32/Pid. B/2024/PN. Jkt Pst

Abstract

Crime is a form of behavior that is contrary to human morals (immoral), detrimental to society, asocial in nature and violates the law and criminal laws. It is a social reality, the problem of crime cannot be avoided and is always there, so it is natural that it causes unrest. One form of crime is the crime of extortion. Extortion is an act of selfishness by using violence or threats against others to hand over or achieve something. The main element of the crime of extortion, namely whether an act is included as a crime of extortion, is determined by the existence of intent or the will of the perpetrator to force another person by force, violence or accompanied by threats, so that the other person should not do something if there is no coercion from the perpetrator of extortion. 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 primary and secondary data. The data collection method is by collecting data using secondary data collection methods.