<![CDATA[Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui metode pembuktian Scientific Crime Investigation dalam pengungkapan kasus tindak pidana di Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Polda Sulawesi Barat dan mengetahui kelebihan dan hambatan metode pembuktian Scientific Crime Investigation dalam pengungkapan kasus tindak pidana di Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Polda Sulawesi Barat. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode yuridis normative. Data yang diperoleh baik data primer maupun data sekunder dikategorikan sesuai jenis datanya. Kemudian data tersebut dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode diskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Metode pembuktian Scientific Crime Investigation dalam pengungkapan kasus tindak pidana di Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Polda Sulawesi Barat dilakukan dengan melibatkan para ahli, laboratorium forensik, laboratorium digital forensik, kedokteran forensik, psikologi forensik, dan inafis. Proses pembuktiannya dilakukan dengan meneliti alat-alat bukti yang ada sekalipun terbatas untuk dijadikan pembuktian seperti deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) pelaku yang keterangannya dapat diambil dari rambut, sidik jari, darah dan sumber-sumber lain yang dapat diteliti oleh penyidik; dan (2) Kelebihan metode pembuktian Scientific Crime Investigation dalam pengungkapan kasus tindak pidana di Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Polda Sulawesi Barat adalah memperkuat pembuktian terhadap pelaku suatu tindak pidana sehingga para pelaku tidak lagi bisa mengelak untuk tidak mengakui perbuatannya. Selain itu metode pembuktian Scientific Crime Investigation juga sangat efektif dan akurat dalam mengungkap suatu tindak pidana. Namun demikian ada beberapa kekurangan penggunaan metode Scientific Crime Investigation dalam pengungkapan kasus-kasus tindak pidana di Polda Sulbar yakni berbiaya mahal, tidak efisien sehingga memakan waktu yang lama dalam pengungkapan suatu kasus. The aims of this study are: (1) to find out the effectiveness of evidentiary method through scientific crime investigation in disclosing criminal cases at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the West Sulawesi Regional Police; and (2) to find out the advantages and disadvantages of evidentiary method through scientific crime investigation in disclosing criminal cases at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the West Sulawesi Regional Police. This research was conducted using normative juridical methods. The data obtained both primary data and secondary data are categorized according to the type of data. Then the data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method. The results of this study indicate that: (1) The evidentiary method through scientific crime investigation in disclosing criminal cases at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the West Sulawesi Regional Police was carried out by involving experts, forensic laboratories, digital forensic laboratories, forensic medicine, forensic psychology, and inafis. The verification process is carried out by examining available evidence, even if it is limited to be used as evidence, such as the perpetrator's DNA, whose information can be taken from hair, fingerprints, blood and other sources that can be examined by investigators; and (2) The advantages of evidentiary method through scientific crime investigation in the disclosure of criminal cases at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the West Sulawesi Regional Police is to strengthen evidence against the perpetrators of a crime so that the perpetrators can no longer avoid not admitting their actions. In addition, the evidentiary method through scientific crime investigation is also very effective and accurate in uncovering a crime. However, there are some drawbacks to using the Scientific Crime Investigation method in disclosing criminal cases at the West Sulawesi Regional Police, which are expensive, inefficient, so it takes a long time to disclose a case.]]>
