Victims’ Perception against Domestic Violence and the Act 23, 2004: Socio-legal Research in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan

Hanafi Arief

2018

Abstract

Domestic Violence (DV) is a crime in the household. Wives are often the victims, while the husbands are associated as the perpetrators of violence. DV happened anywhere in the wide world. The purpose of this research is to describe how the women victims in Banjarmasin empowered themselves against the violence in their household, and how the victims understood the existence of Indonesia DV Act 23, 2004.This research used socio-legal method supported by regulatory approach and case study. Respondents were women victims and data were collected through deep interview. The experts’ opinions were also collected to support the result of the research. This research used a qualitative analysis. The result of the research showed that many ways the women victims in Banjarmasin empowered themselves against the violence in their household such as to keep silence, fight and defend themselves; run away leaving the perpetrator; complain to the families or friends; complain and report to the NGO; complain and report to the authorities such as the police, the Office of Religious Affairs, Social Welfare Department or Syariah Court. Most of women victims are not aware of the legislation importance in relation with the prevention of violence in household. But in contrary, women victims of domestic violence in Banjarmasin agreed to Indonesia DV Act 23, 2014 with a view to protect women and the household members.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Arief H. (2018). Victims’ Perception against Domestic Violence and the Act 23, 2004: Socio-legal Research in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. In Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS, ISBN 978-989-758-470-1, pages 486-489. DOI: 10.5220/0009023000002297

in Bibtex Style

@conference{bicess18,
author={Hanafi Arief},
title={Victims’ Perception against Domestic Violence and the Act 23, 2004: Socio-legal Research in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS,},
year={2018},
pages={486-489},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009023000002297},
isbn={978-989-758-470-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS,
TI - Victims’ Perception against Domestic Violence and the Act 23, 2004: Socio-legal Research in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
SN - 978-989-758-470-1
AU - Arief H.
PY - 2018
SP - 486
EP - 489
DO - 10.5220/0009023000002297