PENGARUH SANKSI ADAT MENTAWAI TERHADAP TINGKAT KEBERHASILAN PENYIDIKAN TINDAK PIDANA KESUSILAAN DENGAN KORBAN ANAK

The investigation was carried out to gather sufficient evidence that a crime had indeed
taken place. In the Mentawai area there are cases of decency crime with child victims
resolved by giving customary sanctions to the perpetrators. This research is legal research
with analytical descriptive specifications. Investigation of decency crime by Satreskrim
Mentawai Islands Resort Police is carried out by receiving reports from victims and / or
their families, victims placed in Special Service Rooms (RPK), then inspected, cooperated
with psychiatrists, and providing shelter for victims Regarding the case of decency towards
the child that has been reported and the investigation begins if it has been resolved by
custom, the parties will ask the investigator to stop the investigation. The obstacles in
investigating the Mentawai Islands geographical factors which consist of many islands and
the difficulty of inter-island transportation have led to investigations sometimes having to
be carried out for a long time. was stopped because it had been resolved by custom and
requested by the local government to be stopped by the investigation process.