Nowadays, crimes against children often occur in Indonesia. Crimes against
children, especially in the form of sexual abuse are increasing year by year. This
makes it difficult for the law enforcement officials to handle and deal with the
crimes. In order to overcome the occurrence of child sexual abuse, the
government makes and establishes the Law Number 17 Year 2016. In imposing
castration sentences for the offender of child sexual abuse, a judge has legal
considerations. Judge’s considerat ion is fundamental in determining a criminal
case. This research applied legal normative research as the method. The data used
are sourced from primary and secondary legal sources and also interviews. The
thought process is used deductively in this research. The outcome of this research
shows that there is judge consideration in imposing castration sentences for the
offender of child sexual abuse. Judge's consideration in imposing castration
sentence is that the offender has committed the same crime not only once but
repeatedly. The castration sentence is expected to have a deterrent effect so that
the offender will not do the same crime in the future since it is harming and
disturbing the society.