The Application of Restorative Justice Principles to the Perpetrators of Narcotic Crimes

Abstract

Narcotics is an extraordinary crime and is quite difficult to eradicate directly. Often when dealing with narcotics, the criminal justice system becomes a legal tool used to deal with narcotics. In its development, the guidance carried out was not optimal because of problems in prisons, namely overcrowding. This created something new in law enforcement by applying a restorative justice approach to narcotics cases. This study aims to analyze the concept of sentencing perpetrators of narcotics abuse from the perspective of restorative justice and the obstacles in implementing restorative justice in tackling narcotics crimes. This type of research is research with normative methods, which are carried out by examining library materials or secondary data. This study concludes that restorative justice requires perpetrators of narcotics crimes to undergo medical rehabilitation or social rehabilitation at a narcotics addiction rehabilitation center. Medical and social rehabilitation is intended to restore and develop the physical, mental, and social abilities of addicts, with the ultimate goal of curing drug addiction. Obstacles in implementing restorative justice in narcotics crime cases are divided into two, namely the first comes from internal factors such as the legal factor itself, the lack of coordination between institutions, the lack of facilities and infrastructure, the budget factor, then external factors such as the public's perspective, the family, and factors from self-abuser.