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Alternative Punishment in Criminal Law Reform in Indonesia

Authors
Ratri Novita Erdianti1, *, Jessica Widya Larossa1
1Faculty of Law, Muhammadiyah Malang University, Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: ratri@umm.ac.id
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Ratri Novita Erdianti
Available Online 18 November 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-491-4_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Alternative Punishment; Criminal Offense; Punishment
Abstract

Criminal justice in Indonesia should serve to prevent and deal with crime, with options that benefit offenders, victims and society. Currently, many judges impose prison sentences, but this causes problems such as over capacity and lack of effective guidance. The writing of this article uses normative juridical method to provide an understanding of alternative punishment in Indonesian law, as part of legal reform as well as to find out the relevance of alternative punishment in the new Criminal Code with the purpose of punishment. The results of this paper show that the principle of punishment as an ultimum remedium is expected to continue to function to solve existing problems in a definite way and without sacrificing human rights. The writing of this article has an urgency to be carried out considering that Law No. 1 Year 2023 has been passed and contains social work punishment, so it is hoped that the writing of this article will be more effective in the application of social work punishment in imposing punishment while still paying attention to the guidelines for punishment. The writing of this article suggests the need to understand the entire contents of the National Criminal Code before the implementation of the National Criminal Code is enacted in 2026 and optimize the alternative punishment imposed on the perpetrators of criminal acts that are adjusted to the existing punishment objectives.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Law Reform (INCLAR 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 November 2025
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978-2-38476-491-4
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-491-4_15How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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