Application of Restorative Justice in the Crime of Theft

Abstract

Restorative justice is the settlement of minor criminal cases carried out by investigators at the investigative stage or judges from the start of the trial by involving the perpetrator, victim, perpetrator/victim's family, and related community leaders to jointly seek a fair solution by emphasizing restoration to its original state. The application of the concept of restorative justice shows that it is more effectively used against crimes committed by children, minor theft crimes, and other minor crimes. Besides that, the use of this concept is also specifically intended as a suggestion to reduce the prison population, which is increasingly showing the excess capacity of detention houses or prisons.