Criminalization is the determination of a behavior that was not previously
seen as a crime into an act that can be punished. In the case of prostitution as an
act that violates legal norms, it takes a science that can make an action a criminal
act. This is the background behind the author to write a law related to the
criminalization of the practice of prostitution in Sleman Regency. The research
method uses a normative research method in which the authors approach the
problem under study with the laws and regulations relating to the act of prostitution
and analyze the findings.
The author conducted data collection in OPD of the Sleman Regional
Government by conducting interviews with Kasat Reskrim Polres Sleman to find
out how to arrange an act of prostitution into a criminal act as well as efforts to
control criminal acts of prostitution in Sleman Regency. From this research, the
author conducts an analysis using laws and regulations relating to the crime of
prostitution such as the Criminal Code, Legislation, as well as various secondary
literature such as books and journals.
Based on the author's research, the handling of the crime of prostitution is
carried out based on the provisions of the laws and regulations governing the crime
of prostitution. Currently the existing law in Sleman Regency can only ensnare
pimps and embroidery house providers, but has not been able to ensnare users and
commercial sex workers. Efforts to control the practice of prostitution are
preventive, non-judicial, and repressive. The author concludes that a new criminal
law policy is urgently needed as an effort to combat prostitution in Sleman Regency.