PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP TINDAK PIDANA MELAKUKAN KEKERASAN FISIK DALAM LINGKUP RUMAH TANGGA: (Studi Kasus di Polres Klaten)

The purpose of this study is to examine the investigation of criminal actsof physical violence within the scope of the household carried out by the husbandagainst his wife and find out the obstacles.The background of the research is thatthe Polres Klaten has handled cases of physical violence in the household whichwere carried out by a husband against his wife. This case attracts attentionbecause in the case of physical violence in the household which is carried out by ahusband against his wife, in practice it creates a dilemmatic situation. On the onehand, the case is an internal household problem, on the other hand, violence is acase involving the public interest, so the police must take action in accordancewith the applicable legal provisions.The research method consists of the type ofresearch is normative juridical, the nature of the research is descriptive, the datarequired is secondary data. The secondary data consists of primary legal materials,namely Law no. 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence,Law no. 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code, Law no. 02 of 2002concerning the Indonesian National Police. In addition, it also uses secondarylegal materials such as Regulation of the Head of the Indonesian National PoliceNo. 14 of 2012 concerning Management of Criminal Investigations, LegalDictionary, Indonesian Language Dictionary, Books that are relevant to theproblem being studied and Resume of Cases of Physical Violence committed by ahusband against his wife.The results of the study indicate that the investigation of cases ofphysical violence carried out by a husband against his wife is actually a simplecase, where the evidence needed to uncover the case is the testimony of thevictim's witness who experienced it himself, the testimony of the witness whoheard the case himself, the suspect's statement and evidence. visum et repertum.This is in accordance with the principle of minimal proof in criminal cases,namely the existence of at least two valid pieces of evidence according to the lawand the belief that the suspect is guilty. The obstacle is that there are still manywomen who do not understand the importance of legal techniques such as thefunction of visum et repertum in cases of violence. It is still necessary to increasethe number of female investigators and their competence. Infrastructure still needsto be improved for the mobility of handling cases of domestic violence.Keywords: Investigation, Cases of Physical Violence Perpetrated by Husbandsagainst Wives, Polres Klaten.