Evaluation of Court’s Decision as Effort of Legal Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence

Abstract

This research discusses about evaluation of court decision as effort of legal protection for domestic violence victim in and how is the effort in realizing the legal protection for domestic violence victim in Indonesian criminal system. This research is a normative juridical using statute approach and case approach. Data collection conducted by literary study and document study, observation, and interview. Analysis is conducted qualitatively to obtain proper conclusion from the observed problem. This research found that some judge decisions show the absent of legal protection for domestic violence victim, because judge still imposed the decision merely based on statement in Acts and only imposed punishment to the perpetrator

Keywords: Legal protection, victim, domestic violence, court’s decision