Causal Factors and Responses to Crime of Maltreatment against Women in Maubeli Sub-District, Timor Tengah Utara District

Persecution of women is one of the biggest problems in Indonesia. This is evidenced by the high number of cases. Women dominate victims who are often/vulnerable to violence. Therefore, legal protection is every citizen's right; on the other hand, the state must provide legal protection to its citizens. The problems and objectives in this thesis are to find out what factors encourage cases of abuse against women and also how to deal with cases of mistreatment of women. The research method used is empirical juridical research, which examines the implementation of the law (in practice, the effectiveness of the law, and or the application of law in society). The study results are interviews that the factors causing the occurrence of non-criminal mistreatment of women in Maubeli Village are internal and external. The study concludes that the crime that occurred in Marbella Village was due to emotional or spontaneous factors, lack of knowledge about criminal acts against women, and also social factors. Based on this research, the researcher suggests that the government of Maubeli Village, North Central Timor Regency, provide education and socialization about the mistreatment of women as a form of prevention from the government to the community and the researcher also suggests the people of Maubeli Village in solving problems, they must be cool-headed so that the emotions of the community can be controlled properly and must also pay attention to the nature of deliberation and consensus to achieve the goals and objectives in solving the problem.