The Use of Castration Punishment Toward Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Indonesia

Abstract

Castration punishment for perpetrators of sexual violence in Indonesia becomes a concern from many parties because it affects depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety for the victims. This study aims to find out the basic idea, the regulation, and the obstacles in castration punishment. This study is the library research or research literature that contains an in-depth collection of material on one or several subjects. The writers took the data from several trusted sources such as books, journals and some previous research. The findings of this study reveals that Law Number 17 Year of 2016 as the regulation on Child Protection contains castration punishment; and the obstacles in castration punishment are cost, executor, medical treatment, castration chemistry.