Evidence-Based Policing and Community Partnerships in Reducing Motorcycle Theft: Insights from Urban Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.53905/Veritas.v1i01.1Keywords:
motorcycle theft, Indonesian National Police, deterrence theory, routine activity theory, community policing, crime preventionAbstract
Purpose of the study: Motorcycle theft remains one of the most persistent property crimes in Indonesian urban and peri-urban areas, where everyday mobility, parking practices, weak guardianship, and opportunistic offending jointly create high-risk environments.
Methodology: This paper case study of how the Indonesian National Police, through the Delitua Police Sector, can reduce motorcycle theft through an integrated framework combining Routine Activity Theory, Deterrence Theory, and Community Policing Theory.
Results: The analysis highlights four recurring themes: opportunity reduction through visible guardianship and situational prevention; deterrence through higher perceived certainty of detection; community intelligence and trust as drivers of reporting and cooperation; and implementation constraints including limited personnel, uneven technology use, and fragmented neighborhood participation.
Conclusions: Motorcycle-theft control is strongest when proactive patrols, intelligence-led enforcement, and legitimacy-building community policing are implemented together. The study contributes a publishable framework for local policing analysis and provides a theory-driven basis for future field research.
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