The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia

Many child offenders are deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process for a long period of time. Lengthy detention at this stage is detrimental to the well-being of child offenders because of the trauma they experience while being detained. However, the effectiveness of the current system in p...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad, Nadzriah, Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein, Wok, Saodah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Medwell Journals 2016
Subjects:	HV85 Social pathology. By region or country K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
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spelling	iium-585602018-01-12T08:14:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58560/ The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia Ahmad, Nadzriah Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Wok, Saodah HV85 Social pathology. By region or country K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Many child offenders are deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process for a long period of time. Lengthy detention at this stage is detrimental to the well-being of child offenders because of the trauma they experience while being detained. However, the effectiveness of the current system in preventing child offenders from being detained at the pre-trial process in Malaysia remains an open question because of the high numbers of child offenders being detained at the pre-trial process. The objectives of this study are to examine such issues by highlighting the in. adequacies of the laws governing the pre-trial detention and to analyse whether the current laws are meeting the requirements of international standards. A mixed quantitative and qualitative approach has been adopted to identify the views of 432 child offenders who participated in the study and the opinions from the stakeholders respectively. The findings revealed that there is a compelling need to reform the current laws governing the pre-trial detention in order to reduce the number of child offenders being deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process. Medwell Journals 2016-06-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58560/7/Pre-Trial%20Detention%20of%20Child%20Offenders%20%282%29.pdf Ahmad, Nadzriah and Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein and Wok, Saodah (2016) The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia. The Social Sciences, 11 (special issue 6). pp. 7210-7214. ISSN 1818-5800 https://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2016.7210.7214
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description	Many child offenders are deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process for a long period of time. Lengthy detention at this stage is detrimental to the well-being of child offenders because of the trauma they experience while being detained. However, the effectiveness of the current system in preventing child offenders from being detained at the pre-trial process in Malaysia remains an open question because of the high numbers of child offenders being detained at the pre-trial process. The objectives of this study are to examine such issues by highlighting the in. adequacies of the laws governing the pre-trial detention and to analyse whether the current laws are meeting the requirements of international standards. A mixed quantitative and qualitative approach has been adopted to identify the views of 432 child offenders who participated in the study and the opinions from the stakeholders respectively. The findings revealed that there is a compelling need to reform the current laws governing the pre-trial detention in order to reduce the number of child offenders being deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process.
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author	Ahmad, Nadzriah Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Wok, Saodah
author_facet	Ahmad, Nadzriah Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Wok, Saodah
author_sort	Ahmad, Nadzriah
title	The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia
title_short	The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia
title_full	The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia
title_fullStr	The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia
title_sort	pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from malaysia
publisher	Medwell Journals
publishDate	2016
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The pre-trial detention of child offenders: some evidence from Malaysia

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