摘要：Corruption crimes have caused destruction to the nation's economy. This article aims to examine the role of
the community in efforts to prevent and eradicate corruption. The research method in this article is normative
legal research that is prescriptive analytical, through conceptual approach, statute approach, and case
approach. The results of the study concluded that: first, the role of the community must participate in efforts to
prevent and eradicate corruption in the grounds that the community is a victim and the community as a
component of the state. Second, the form of community participation in the prevention and eradication of
criminal acts of corruption is to follow the provisions of community participation as regulated by legislation by
carrying out planned and unplanned social controls to educate, invite or even force citizens to adjust yourself
with the habits and life values of the people concerned.
