TEORI LABELLING DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KEDUDUKAN MANTAN NARAPIDANA DALAM BERMASYARAKAT

Abstract

Crime is perceived to affect Culture in Indonesia, the number of crimes will worsen
the image of Indonesia in the eyes of the world, and eventually Indonesia will be
known as the country with the highest crime rate. This is certainly not an
achievement for a democratic unitary state, so the need to eradicate every crime
and to seek the cause of the occurrence of a crime, because one commits a crime,
until the reason for the crime occurs, so the role and function of the Criminology
Science. This study uses the Juridical Empirical approach, which is a study that
emphasizes the real life of the community in Karawang regency, so any research
that based or conceptualize the law as behavior or behavior and community action
can be referred to as social research (law), empirical or research the nondoctrinal.
Plunge directly in the life of the community, making observations and
interviews is one of the techniques taken in collecting any data required. One of the
studies that became the center of his research is Labeling Theory which is part of
the supporting theories of Criminology. Labeling itself is a theory that studies
about the reaction of a label attached to a thing or living creature. A person who
can not accept the label attached to him will most probably do abnormal actions,
such as violence or even criminal crimes. Not infrequently the element of labeling
is the reason for the repetition of a criminal act (Residivist).