Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage

The act of abandoning or disposing foetus and newborn is widely known as baby dumping in Malaysia. Even though the statistics of the crime is difficult to obtain and mostly underreported, the issue has attracted much attention and being considered by the society in most part of the world as a heart...

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Main Authors:	Termizi, Mazbah, Abdullah, Nurhidayah, Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
Other Authors:	Abdullah, Mohd Amli
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media Singapore 2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/6/51504-new.pdf

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spelling	iium-515042017-05-03T00:43:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/ Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage Termizi, Mazbah Abdullah, Nurhidayah Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati K Law (General) The act of abandoning or disposing foetus and newborn is widely known as baby dumping in Malaysia. Even though the statistics of the crime is difficult to obtain and mostly underreported, the issue has attracted much attention and being considered by the society in most part of the world as a heartless crime. The offender could be charged under relevant act which enforcing stipulated punishment. Using content analysis, the paper explores the punishment methods available for those convicted to the crime in Malaysia and few selected countries. The types of punishment with its guarded act or statute are identified, and then comparison of its severity is done. The paper argues that the severity of the punishment might have positive impact on reducing the crime. The differences in definition and coverage are also discussed in order to determine the comprehensiveness of punishment methods among the selected countries of study. Springer Science & Business Media Singapore Abdullah, Mohd Amli Yahya, Wan Kalthom Ramli, Nazirah Mohamed, Siti Rosiah Ahmad, Badli Esham 2016 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51504/6/51504-new.pdf Termizi, Mazbah and Abdullah, Nurhidayah and Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati (2016) Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage. In: Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2014) : Business and Social Sciences. Springer Science & Business Media Singapore, Singapore, pp. 765-774. ISBN 978-981-10-1456-7 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-10-1458-1_70 10.1007/978-981-10-1458-1
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description	The act of abandoning or disposing foetus and newborn is widely known as baby dumping in Malaysia. Even though the statistics of the crime is difficult to obtain and mostly underreported, the issue has attracted much attention and being considered by the society in most part of the world as a heartless crime. The offender could be charged under relevant act which enforcing stipulated punishment. Using content analysis, the paper explores the punishment methods available for those convicted to the crime in Malaysia and few selected countries. The types of punishment with its guarded act or statute are identified, and then comparison of its severity is done. The paper argues that the severity of the punishment might have positive impact on reducing the crime. The differences in definition and coverage are also discussed in order to determine the comprehensiveness of punishment methods among the selected countries of study.
author2	Abdullah, Mohd Amli
author_facet	Abdullah, Mohd Amli Termizi, Mazbah Abdullah, Nurhidayah Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
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author	Termizi, Mazbah Abdullah, Nurhidayah Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
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title	Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage
title_short	Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage
title_full	Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage
title_fullStr	Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage
title_full_unstemmed	Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: Definition, severity and coverage
title_sort	comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: definition, severity and coverage
publisher	Springer Science & Business Media Singapore
publishDate	2016
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