socially weak victims elfina sahetapy
SOCIALLY WEAK
VICTIMS
Elfina Sahetapy
Victimology Course
University of Indonesia
July 2011
Concept of Victim
Thomas L.Underwood
in a social concept, victim may be something
that is difficult to define, but you know it when
you see it.
Situation in Indonesia
Poverty is not merely a problem in Indonesia but it
has becomes a central issue in Developing Countries
that affects their existence.
In Indonesia, poverty becomes a critical issue during
a Presidential election, where all presidential
candidates always embody the matter of poverty
eradication to get votes.
DATA
Central Statistic Bureau has indicated that the
amount of poor people, or people with monthly
per capita expenditures under the poverty line,
in Indonesia has achieved 30.02 million people
in March 2011 (12,49%), decreasing 1,00
million (0,84%) compared to the amount in
March 2010 as much as 31,02% (13,33 %). If
World Bank’s standard of 2 USD per day is
used, then almost 50% of Indonesian people
would fall under the category of poverty.
The poverty line of the people who are
considered poor is very sensitive to food price.
Since, 74 % of the expenditure of poor people
is only for food consumption.
POVERTY SOCIALLY WEAK
VICTIMS
According to the research it is mentioned that
a person would be prone to injustice,
discrimination, and crimes merely because of
the weak economical condition, thus the
absence of bargaining value in all sectors
including justice and law, it is as seem as they
have become a plague of the society, becoming
marginalized and even outcast.
Poor people are often extorted, stolen, got their
hair pulled, dragged, strangled, kicked,
stepped on, forced into nudity, molested,
raped, captured, and even tortured until death.
EXAMPLES RELATED WITH
SOCIALLY WEAK VICTIMS
EXAMPLES IN A REAL WORLD
Khasan (86) and Sani (75), resident of Serua
Indah in South Tangerang (Tangsel), Banten.
For everyday drink, this poor couple have to
wait for the rain. For two years, this man
drinks rain water. Aside than having no
drinking water, this couple also live without
electricity. Every day, the old man lives by
selling children toys. With the income of 10
thousand rupiah, Khasan must survive and
pays for the medication of his paralyzed wife.
Nirmala Bonat a house keeper from NTT was
tortured by her employer Yim Pek Ha (40)
(TKI, 2004) by using hot water and an iron.
Kaminah (14) from Serang (2008) worked for
9 months since January until September 2009,
she suffered from heavy wounds, head injury,
fractured bone, fractured ribs, which caused
her to be hospitalized. She was also not fed
properly, she was only fed once per day in 11
PM for 9 months.
The house keeper comes from a poor family so she
look for a job as a house keeper even tough with
small payment under the absence of law, like what
happened to Khamsanah (25) from Demak (case in
2008). She suffered from physical violence in form of
abuse which caused a fracture in her hip and caused
her to be hospitalized. She also suffered from mental
abuse in forms of imprisonment, barred from neither
communication nor socialization, verbal abuse. She
also did not receive her payment.
a tragic story of a boy who were born in a poor
family. A 14 year old boy, Irfan is forced to work on
the street since his father only works as construction
labor, whereas his mother sells food and drinks on the
side of their house in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
As a good boy, Irfan tries his best not to add extra
burden to the family’s economy by not asking for
pocket money, and without his parents knowing he
looks for extra income by being a “jockey” for “three
in one”.
Surprisingly, one morning the Pamong Praja Police
conducted an operation to capture these three in one
jockeys. Irfan ran from the hands of these wanabe
military before he got caught and dragged into a
custody car. On the way, Irfan resisted by biting one
the hand of the officer that held him and tried to
escape. This enraged the other nine officers in the
same car, and inevitably, Irfan was punched and
kicked by the nine police officers. Even, some eye
witnesses claimed that Irfan has been strangled by on
the police officer. In the middle of the exhaustion of
fighting the officers, Irfan died in the car.
What was happened
after Irfan died ?
Not a single one of the officers was charged
with crimes, even they seem to be protected
with an engineered story of a different version.
What happened to them is much less due
because they are poor. Poverty can be an
accursed title. Poor people are considered as a
filthy race, bane of the society or having the
label of The Bearer of Social Welfare
Problems (PMKS). People with poverty are
people with problems.
What we will do ?
What we should do?
What we are going to do?
VICTIM SERVICES
Definition of Vicim Services according to
Prof.Dussich : victim sevices are those
activities which are applied in response to
victimization, with the intention of relieving
suffering and facilitating recovery. This
includes providing information, making
assessments, conducting individual
interventions, enganging in social advocacy,
proposing public policy and working in
program development.
SOCIAL ADVOCACY
1.
2.
ENGAGING IN SOCIAL ADVOCACY has
2 forms:
standing in place of the victims to assert the
delivery of needed services (such as
advocacy) ;
representing victims generally as a class
(such as promoting the awareness of the
victim’s rights)
UNIVERSITY OF SURABAYA
Ubaya has composed a program whereas the primary
objective is to help poor people to understand their
rights as citizen that have equal rights in the eyes of
the law, and possessing the same right to get a proper
life. We provide them with education regarding
reading and writing, knowledge regarding their rights
and also free judicial assistance along with if they are
involved in judicial problems be it criminal or civic.
TERIMAKASIH
VICTIMS
Elfina Sahetapy
Victimology Course
University of Indonesia
July 2011
Concept of Victim
Thomas L.Underwood
in a social concept, victim may be something
that is difficult to define, but you know it when
you see it.
Situation in Indonesia
Poverty is not merely a problem in Indonesia but it
has becomes a central issue in Developing Countries
that affects their existence.
In Indonesia, poverty becomes a critical issue during
a Presidential election, where all presidential
candidates always embody the matter of poverty
eradication to get votes.
DATA
Central Statistic Bureau has indicated that the
amount of poor people, or people with monthly
per capita expenditures under the poverty line,
in Indonesia has achieved 30.02 million people
in March 2011 (12,49%), decreasing 1,00
million (0,84%) compared to the amount in
March 2010 as much as 31,02% (13,33 %). If
World Bank’s standard of 2 USD per day is
used, then almost 50% of Indonesian people
would fall under the category of poverty.
The poverty line of the people who are
considered poor is very sensitive to food price.
Since, 74 % of the expenditure of poor people
is only for food consumption.
POVERTY SOCIALLY WEAK
VICTIMS
According to the research it is mentioned that
a person would be prone to injustice,
discrimination, and crimes merely because of
the weak economical condition, thus the
absence of bargaining value in all sectors
including justice and law, it is as seem as they
have become a plague of the society, becoming
marginalized and even outcast.
Poor people are often extorted, stolen, got their
hair pulled, dragged, strangled, kicked,
stepped on, forced into nudity, molested,
raped, captured, and even tortured until death.
EXAMPLES RELATED WITH
SOCIALLY WEAK VICTIMS
EXAMPLES IN A REAL WORLD
Khasan (86) and Sani (75), resident of Serua
Indah in South Tangerang (Tangsel), Banten.
For everyday drink, this poor couple have to
wait for the rain. For two years, this man
drinks rain water. Aside than having no
drinking water, this couple also live without
electricity. Every day, the old man lives by
selling children toys. With the income of 10
thousand rupiah, Khasan must survive and
pays for the medication of his paralyzed wife.
Nirmala Bonat a house keeper from NTT was
tortured by her employer Yim Pek Ha (40)
(TKI, 2004) by using hot water and an iron.
Kaminah (14) from Serang (2008) worked for
9 months since January until September 2009,
she suffered from heavy wounds, head injury,
fractured bone, fractured ribs, which caused
her to be hospitalized. She was also not fed
properly, she was only fed once per day in 11
PM for 9 months.
The house keeper comes from a poor family so she
look for a job as a house keeper even tough with
small payment under the absence of law, like what
happened to Khamsanah (25) from Demak (case in
2008). She suffered from physical violence in form of
abuse which caused a fracture in her hip and caused
her to be hospitalized. She also suffered from mental
abuse in forms of imprisonment, barred from neither
communication nor socialization, verbal abuse. She
also did not receive her payment.
a tragic story of a boy who were born in a poor
family. A 14 year old boy, Irfan is forced to work on
the street since his father only works as construction
labor, whereas his mother sells food and drinks on the
side of their house in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
As a good boy, Irfan tries his best not to add extra
burden to the family’s economy by not asking for
pocket money, and without his parents knowing he
looks for extra income by being a “jockey” for “three
in one”.
Surprisingly, one morning the Pamong Praja Police
conducted an operation to capture these three in one
jockeys. Irfan ran from the hands of these wanabe
military before he got caught and dragged into a
custody car. On the way, Irfan resisted by biting one
the hand of the officer that held him and tried to
escape. This enraged the other nine officers in the
same car, and inevitably, Irfan was punched and
kicked by the nine police officers. Even, some eye
witnesses claimed that Irfan has been strangled by on
the police officer. In the middle of the exhaustion of
fighting the officers, Irfan died in the car.
What was happened
after Irfan died ?
Not a single one of the officers was charged
with crimes, even they seem to be protected
with an engineered story of a different version.
What happened to them is much less due
because they are poor. Poverty can be an
accursed title. Poor people are considered as a
filthy race, bane of the society or having the
label of The Bearer of Social Welfare
Problems (PMKS). People with poverty are
people with problems.
What we will do ?
What we should do?
What we are going to do?
VICTIM SERVICES
Definition of Vicim Services according to
Prof.Dussich : victim sevices are those
activities which are applied in response to
victimization, with the intention of relieving
suffering and facilitating recovery. This
includes providing information, making
assessments, conducting individual
interventions, enganging in social advocacy,
proposing public policy and working in
program development.
SOCIAL ADVOCACY
1.
2.
ENGAGING IN SOCIAL ADVOCACY has
2 forms:
standing in place of the victims to assert the
delivery of needed services (such as
advocacy) ;
representing victims generally as a class
(such as promoting the awareness of the
victim’s rights)
UNIVERSITY OF SURABAYA
Ubaya has composed a program whereas the primary
objective is to help poor people to understand their
rights as citizen that have equal rights in the eyes of
the law, and possessing the same right to get a proper
life. We provide them with education regarding
reading and writing, knowledge regarding their rights
and also free judicial assistance along with if they are
involved in judicial problems be it criminal or civic.
TERIMAKASIH