PenalViz: A Web-Based Visualization Tool for the Indonesian Penal Code

Abstract

Criminal law is a set of legal regulations made by the state. In Indonesia, criminal law was formulated in The Indonesian Penal Code or Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP). The Indonesian Penal Code consisted of three books: general provisions, crimes, and misdemeanors. On the contrary, people remain to face difficulty in understanding the code. Most of the public law data are documented in a rigid format like pdf. Therefore, we developed PenalViz, a web-based tool to visualize in user-friendly graphs. This study aims to help the public read and understand the information about the Indonesian Penal Code. PenalViz has several main features: search, visualization, synonym, and description. We used the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) to measure the user experience of our tool. We found that our tool has levels of user experiences: excellent (novelty), above average (attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency), and good (stimulation). In conclusion, it shows that our tool had good results in user experiences in most categories, especially in novelty.