PERANAN KEPOLISIAN DALAM MENANGANI TINDAK PIDANA PELECEHAN SEKSUAL TERHADAP ANAK DI WILAYAH HUKUM KEPOLISIAN SEKTOR MANDAU-DURI

Abstract

State has aspirations to realize peace and protection for its citizens. The state
also gives attention to the next generation so that the ideals of the nation can continue to
run until the future. Kids are the future generation, which must be protected and be
acknowledged, but as in the development and advancement of technology, crime evolved.
One of them is the crime of sexual abuse committed against children. Sexual harassment
is a crime falling within the scope of lust. In this case the sexual abuse of children is a
crime that is included in the scope of lust in which the victim is a child. In the case to
protect it formed the Police institution that aims to protect, shelter, and serve the public.
The role of police is needed to be able to suppress the rate of development and combating
sexual abuse crimes committed against children.
Sexual abuse crimes against children continues to increase, which in turn make
parents worry. The government then took steps to create new legislation that renews the
old legislation, namely; Act 35 of 2014 on the "Amendment Act No. 23 of 2002 on Child
Protection". Police Institute to further improve its performance aided by KPAI
(Indonesian Child Protection Commission), as well as P2TP2A (Integrated Service
Center for Protection of Women and Children), yet these crimes still occur and become a
problem that has always seized and attract the attention of public in Indonesia.
Keywords: Child - Sexual Harassment – Police