Legal Literacy - This article discusses the settlement of minor criminal offenses by prioritizing the principle of restorative justice.

Minor Criminal Offenses

Crime in society is increasingly rife. Many factors trigger it, one of which is a low economic factor. This shows a large gap between the rich and poor. Crimes that often occur in society are generally minor criminal acts (tipiring), such as pickpocketing, petty fraud, and minor abuse.

According to Roeslan Saleh, a criminal act is an act that is contrary to the order or provisions of the law. The main requirement is that there is a rule prohibiting the act. The Criminal Code Criminal Law (KUHP) defines a criminal act as an action that can result in losses, both as a result of the act and because of the perpetrator's actions against the victim.

Minor Criminal Offenses (tipiring) according to the provisions in Book II of the Criminal Code includes insults, abuse of pets, fraud, embezzlement, destruction to light fencing. The size of a minor crime can be seen from the punishment that will be given to the perpetrator who committed the act. As in Article 505 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code that “anyone who is homeless without having a livelihood, is threatened with vagrancy with a maximum imprisonment of 3 (three) months”.

Then, if you look at Article 315 of the Criminal Code concerning insults light that “E…