CRIMINAL LAW ANALYSIS TOWARD SERIAL KILLERS CRIME IN INDONESIA

Serial killers is a very troubling and harming many people becauses one’s life does not mean anything in
front of the perpetrator, in fact, life is basic right for everyone. One of the most famous serial killer cases is Jack
The Ripper case who has taken 440 people’s live. This incident can be influenced by various factor which come from
external or internal factors from the inside. This research is a socio-legal using statute and case approach, data
collected then will analyzed qualitatively. The result of the research show that Serial murder is a highly condemned
crime and is very unsettling for the community because it takes the lives of many innocent people as if their lives are
only meant to satisfy the perpetrator’s desire, there are various factors which cause someone to commit this, but one
of the most dominant factors is psychological disorder in the perpetrator, this is caused by a bad trauma in the past
such as, the perpetrator was tortured by his/her parents, bad moral was embedded, the perpetrator experienced
sexual assault in his/her childhood hence this very much impacts his/her thought and personality as he grew up,
which resulted in ideas to take revenge on all of his anger, lust, sadness and pleasure on the victim.