UPAYA PENANGGULANGAN TINDAK PIDANA KEJAHATAN PENCURIAN DENGAN KEKERASAN DI KOTA PADANG

Abstract

The crime of theft with violence that occurs in the jurisdiction of the Padang Police,
generally occurs because of the environment in which the perpetrator lives, his association and
economic life. Against law enforcement that has been carried out but has not realized the legal
desires of the people of Padang City against the crime of theft with violence into reality. The
purpose of this thesis writer, namely; First, to know the form of handling the crime of theft with
violence in the Padang City Police, Second, to know the weaknesses faced by the Padang city
police in dealing with the crime of theft with violence.
This type of research can be classified in the type of sociological research, because in
this study the author directly conducts research on the location or place under study in order to
provide a complete and clear picture of the problem under study. This research was conducted in
the jurisdiction of the Padang City Police, while the population and sample are all parties
related to the problems studied in this study, the data sources used, primary data, secondary
data, and tertiary data, data collection techniques in this study are interviews, questionnaires,
and literature review, data analysis in this study compiled qualitative descriptive.
From the results of the research problem there are two main things that can be
concluded. First, the form of overcoming the crime of theft with violence carried out by the
Padang City Police, is by carrying out preventive and repressive efforts. Second, the weaknesses
faced by the Padang City Police in tackling the crime of theft with violence, is the lack of
motivation and empathy of the community in reporting incidents of criminal acts of theft with
violence in the jurisdiction of the Padang City Police. Author's advice, First, overcoming the
crime of theft with violence by the Padang City Police should also be supported by the
participation of the community, especially people who are in the legal area of the Padang City
Police Resort. Second, there is a need for legal socialization in an effort to increase public legal
awareness to dare to report criminal acts that occur in the community, because with empathy
and public legal awareness in reporting criminal acts that occur can support the performance of
law enforcement officers in eradicating a crime, especially the crime of theft with violence in the
jurisdiction of the City of Padang.
Keywords: Countermeasures - Criminal act - Violent Theft