POLICY EVALUATION OF HANDLING OF SEX VIOLENCE CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN IN INDONESIA

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This study aims to evaluate policies for handling crimes of sexual violence against children implemented in Indonesia and to analyze the effectiveness of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 1 of 2016 as a public policy process and legal product. This study uses a qualitative approach. The results of the study show that the policy for handling crimes of sexual violence against children that has been implemented has not been effective and the Perppu stipulation seen from the formulation process and legal products (basic and additional punishment rules) is not effective because it is not supported by comprehensive research related to the effectiveness and long-term impact of the Perppu implementation and tends to raise issues such as the technical mechanism for applying additional penalties. Therefore, policy reformulation needs to be carried out through: (1) periodic policy evaluation and based on research evidence and (2) establishment of legal regulations that are oriented towards aggravation and enforcement of punishments. Background The large number of cases of sexual violence against children that have occurred has made Indonesia in a state of emergency, the crime of sexual violence against children, even the President declared it as an extraordinary crime that must be handled in extraordinary ways1