KRITERIA KRIMINALISASI: ANALISIS PEMIKIRAN MOELJATNO, SUDARTO, THEO DE ROOS, DAN IRIS HAENEN

In criminal law, “criminalization” is defined as a process of determining certain conduct offense through legislation. This doctrinal legal research article describes and analyzes the criteria for criminalization promulgated by Moeljatno, Sudarto, Theo de Roos, Iris Haenen. Moeljatno’s are: 1) harmful to public, 2) primary means deter conduct, 3) government’s ability effectively enforce provision. Sudarto promulgates three criteria: harmfulness cost benefit analysis, law enforcement burden. Furthermore, Roos’ six feasibility motivation harm, tolerance, subsidiarity, 4) proportionality, 5) legality, 6) practical applicability effectiveness. Lastly, based on typology Haenen formulates criteria, which contains “threshold principles”: must be a) b) wrongful, secondary “moderating effectiveness, legality criterion (lex certa). The can employed legislators general public in scrutinizing ensure that only conducts meet all criminalized. Only doing so will practice adhere ultimum remedium principle unnecessary overcriminalization.