Introduction: Restorative Justice or often translated as restorative justice, emphasizes the direct participation of perpetrators, victims and the community in the process of resolving criminal cases. Purposes of the Research: It aims to examine the essence of Restorative Justice in the settlement of criminal cases in Indonesia and the application of restorative justice in the settlement of minor persecution criminal cases by Aru Islands Police Investigators. Methods of the Research: Empirical juridical research, the procedure for collecting legal materials is carried out by conducting interviews and observations on legal materials, namely primary and secondary legal materials. Then the legal materials that have been obtained are analyzed descriptive-qualitatively. Results Main Findings of the Research: The principle of Restorative Justice in ordinary persecution cases has been regulated in the internal regulations of the National Police, namely in the National Police Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2021 concerning the Handling of Criminal Acts Based on Restorative Justice which in its implementation, especially in cases of criminal acts of persecution, has been carried out well procedurally. Basically, criminal cases can be stopped at the investigation and/or investigation stage based on restorative justice only for criminal acts that are not serious crimes.
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