THE POSITION OF EXHIBITIONIST PERPETRATOR IN CRIMINAL LAW

Abstract

Exhibitionism is the act of exposing deliberately to the public the body parts of a person
which are normally covered for example; breast, genitals, or buttocks. However, so far it still
becomes a controversial whether this action is a criminal act that has consequences or not
because of its existence which is considered as a disease. This study aims to find out whether
the act of exhibitionism is a criminal act and how the perpetrator is responsible to his action.
The type of the study used was legal (normative) research. Exhibitionist acts in Indonesian
laws and regulations could be regulated in the Article 281 and the Article 289 to the Article
296 of the Criminal Code, the Article 81 and the Article 82 of Law Number 35 of 2014
concerning Child Protection, Article 10 and Article 36 of Law Number 44 of 2008
concerning Pornography