The Role of Forensic Science in Criminal Acts of Murder Cases in Indonesia

Al Halim; Erlyn Indarti; Budi Santoso

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.9323

Authors

Al Halim Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
Erlyn Indarti Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
Budi Santoso Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.9323

Keywords:

Forensic science, Criminal acts, Murder

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As a science of conducting examinations and collecting physical evidence found at the crime scene and then presented in court, forensic science has a critical role in the judicial process of examining the crime scene. As this usually occurs in large cases, a forensic expert only comes to crime scene at the request of the authorities.

AIM: This present study aims to find out the role of forensic science in uncovering the identity and causes of death of victims of murder and to find out the obstacles arise and the efforts that can be made in the process of uncovering the crime of murder.

METHODS: This study revealed that the usual forensic stages include collection, protection, analysis, and presentation. Forensic science in uncovering crimes is very necessary.

RESULTS: This aims to minimize the occurrence of wrong sentences, wrong arrests, and assist the performance of law enforcers in determining the perpetrators of crimes. In every handling of a murder incident, both in the processing of crime scene and in determining the crime scene, it does not rule out the possibility that the investigator experiences difficulties or there is something that applies in processing the crime scene of a murder case.

CONCLUSION: In the future, law enforcers must get an understanding of its importance in studying forensic medicine in uncovering crimes, mainly concerning human victims because it is related to the rights of victims whose lives have been forcibly confiscated by the perpetrator.

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