Victimological Review of the Implementation of Restorative Justice in Criminal Case

Abstract

The purpose of writing this article is to find out and analyze the role of the prosecutor in applying the concept of restorative justice, what is the relevance of the concept of restorative justice to victimology and whether the principles of restorative justice are able to provide a sense of justice for victims. The method used in this study uses normative legal methods. The issuance of the Prosecutor's Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 15 of 2020 concerning termination of prosecution based on restorative justice provides an important role for the Prosecutor's Office in carrying out restorative justice. The concept of Restorative Justice has relevance to victimology, referring to the Regulation of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia Number 15 of 2020 concerning Termination of Prosecution Based on Restorative Justice. On the victim's side, restorative justice provides the power to give opportunity to perpetrators to express their grief to victims and it should be easier for them to gather in professionally conducted meetings..