In this thesis the writer discussed police role in protecting the wife’s right
as the victim of neglect family. The background of this thesis is the reality of
many family abuse occuring in society. The research problem of this thesis are
police role in protecting the wife’s right as the victim of neglect family and
obstacles faced by police in protecting the right’s wife. The method of this
research is normative law, the research was done directly to speakers, the
fundamental data supported by secondary data consisting of a law primary and
secondary. The sources of the data in this research were obtained from field
studies and literature study. The data which were obtained from literature study as
well as in field studies using qualitative analysis. Based on the analysis that had
been done by the writer, the writer can sum up as follows: Police undertook legal
proceedings againts family abuse if there were reports or complaints. Police
woman accompanied victims of family abuse. The Police Department provided
the RPK (special service room) for victims of family abuse. The obstacle that
police faced in protecting the wife’s right as the victim of neglect family is the
lack of awareness of the victim to report the abuse in spite of there is regulations
from the government.