Overcriminalization Due to Moral Panic Covid-19 Pandemic
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.344How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Moral Panic, Overcriminalization, Pandemics
- Abstract
Public health has become the new moral of modern society. The spread of covid-19 pandemic related to public health interests caused moral panic. This article analyzes the discursive process of criminalization in Indonesia. Law enforcement in Indonesia is fighting people who respond to the moral panic of covid-19 pandemic with the threat of criminalization. Using socio-legal methods obtained data derived from media coverage found the fact that there has been an over criminalization of people experiencing moral panic due to the covid-19 pandemic. Various regulations made by the government, both central and regional, have taken a toll. The symbolization of the people’s demons is depicted in a single narrative, their appearance and overall identifying too simplified to be easily recognizable. Criminalization also occurs against those who refuse the burial of bodies infected with covid-19, the spread of hoax news, hoarding of consumer goods, misuse of social assistance to violations of quarantine of the region. Victims of law enforcement will continue to fall while the goal of providing awareness related to public health does not materialize. The blurring of the boundaries between the threat of crime and the threat of health indicates the inaccuracy of overcriminalization policies during a pandemic.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Arif Awaludin AU - Iskatrinah PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/14 TI - Overcriminalization Due to Moral Panic Covid-19 Pandemic BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Law, Government and Social Justice (ICOLGAS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 613 EP - 624 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.344 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.344 ID - Awaludin2020 ER -