Unnes Law Journal : Jurnal Hukum Universitas Negeri Semarang
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): October, 2025

Legal Apparatus, Celebrities, and Students: The Profiling of Drug Abuse Offenders in Indonesia

Henky Fernando (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Yuniar Galuh Larasati (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Leanne Morin (Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Dec 2025

Abstract

This study aims to explain and analyse the profiling of drug abuse offenders through cases disseminated in online news. This phenomenon tends to be overlooked in previous studies. This study is a descriptive qualitative study using a case study approach. The findings in this study show that the profiling of drug abuse perpetrators disseminated through online news is not a few who are legal apparatus (police, prosecutors, and correctional officers), celebrities (singers, actresses, and celebgrams or celebrities form instagrams), and students (elementary, junior high school, senior high school, and university). The involvement of the legal apparatus, celebrities, and students in drug abuse cases is not only as users or addicts but also as drug dealers. The findings in this study have significance for the process of uncovering the modes and motives of drug abuse so that it can be used as a basis for addressing and preventing drug abuse more constructively. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ulj

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The Unnes Law Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes high-quality research on Indonesian law and its interaction with regional and global legal developments. Established in 2012, the Journal aims to advance rigorous legal scholarship and promote evidence-based discourse on law, ...