The Cause Factor and Criminal Law Enforcement of Vigilante in Yogyakarta City

Abstract

Vigilantism is an act of social deviation committed by the community whose victim is the perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of a crime. The perpetrators of vigilante actions commit their actions by persecuting that victims without going through the applicable legal process. Vigilante actions sometimes cause the victim to die and make the surrounding environment unsafe because people do not obey the laws that have been set. The research conducted aimed to examine and find out the factors that cause people to take the law into their own hands and law enforcement carried out by the Yogyakarta city police. This research is empirical legal research data is obtained through interviews. The results of this study indicated that the factors that caused people to take the law into their own hands were lust factors, emotional factors, educational factors, participation factors, misunderstanding factors, opportunity factors, social factors, anomie factors. As well as law enforcement carried out by the Yogyakarta city resort police is to conduct restorative justice and if restorative justice cannot be done then the police continue the legal process in accordance with applicable law.