Makalah ini mengkaji mengenai faktor-faktor penyebab  maraknya premanisme dalam kajian kriminologi, yakni: faktor politik,  faktor ekonomi,  faktor penegak hukum. Penanggulangan premanisme menurut kajian kriminologi melalui kegiatan pencegahan kejahatan, yakni: pemanfaatan masyarakat dan lembaga-lembaga yang telah ada, pencegahan serta usaha mengurangi segala macam disorganisasi sosial, penggalakkan penyuluhan hukum dan pemberian bantuan hukum. Faktor-faktor penyebab  maraknya premanisme menurut pandangan MUI Kota Palembang, yakni: lemahnya iman, lemahnya pengawasan orang tua. Menurut ketua MUI Kota Palembang penanggulangan premanisme di Kota Palembag harus dilakukan secara sinergis dan terpadu antara ulama, umaro dan aparat penegak hukum. This paper examined the factors causing the rise of gangsterism in the study of criminology, namely: political factors, economic factors, factors of law enforcement. Countermeasures of gangsterism based on the study of criminology through the activities of wickedness prevention, namely: utilization of societies and institutions that already existed, prevention and efforts to reduce all kinds of social disorganization, the promotion of legal counseling and legal aid. Factors that caused rampant gangsterism according to the view of MUI Palembang city, namely: the weakness of faith, lack of parental supervision. According to the chairman of the MUI in the city of Palembang that prevention of gangsterism in Palembag city might be synergistic and integrated between muftis, umaro and law enforcement officers.