PREVENTING GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR THROUGH COMMUNITY SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE CONCEPT OF JOGO TONGGO (CASE STUDY OF PEKALONGAN SOCIETY)

Abstract

Introduction/Main Objectives: This research aims to explain the importance of community social control as an effort to prevent the community from being entangled and ultimately feeling the negative impact of online gambling. This research is a type of field study research known as field research and uses a qualitative approach method by combining primary data obtained by interviews and observations and secondary data from literature relevant to the title raised. The results of this study indicate that the Pekalongan community, Pekalongan society has the cultural culture of Santri city with a religious society, making the important role of social control a way to create a community environment that does not allow gambling behavior to occur in its area. This allows social sanctions to make online gambling players reluctant to engage in online gambling. The participation of the community itself will make it easier to build a community ecosystem without gambling so that it has an impact on the orderly life of the community directly. The role of social control, which begins with supervision starting from the family, then religious leaders, community leaders, and community groups, complemented by clear and firm policies from the government, can prevent online gambling behavior in the Pekalongan community