Cultural Studies and Criminology for Indonesia: An Analysis of the Structure of Crime Control Policy

The criminal policy of a heterogeneous society like Indonesia should consider the diversity of the social values and norms of the society. The Indonesian ongoing criminal policies do not meet with this notion since it simply relies on the assumption that in order to unite Indonesia, there should be only one single criminal policy for all. This paper promoted cultural criminology in dealing with crime problems that fit with the diversity of ethnic groups in Indonesia, in that the criminal policy maker should let that every ethnic group solve their crime problems based on their own wisdom, i.e., the tradition of toleration, adaptation, and restoration.