Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures

The increasing numbers of child offenders serving sentence in the institutions across Malaysia is worrying. However, the effectiveness of the current system in reforming and rehabilitating the child offenders remain an open question because of the rates of reoffending among child offenders. The obje...

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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:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
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spelling	iium-586482018-01-12T08:16:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58648/ Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures Ahmad, Nadzriah Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Wok, Saodah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia The increasing numbers of child offenders serving sentence in the institutions across Malaysia is worrying. However, the effectiveness of the current system in reforming and rehabilitating the child offenders remain an open question because of the rates of reoffending among child offenders. The objectives of this paper are to examine such issues by highlighting theories underpinning diversionary measures that call for the departure from the retributive system that is already entrenched in the juvenile justice system in Malaysia. A mixed quantitative and qualitative approach has been adopted to identify the rates of reoffending among 432 child offenders who participated in the study. The findings revealed that despite undertaking rehabilitative programmes in the institutions while serving sentence, the rates of child offenders who reoffended are increasing. Medwell Journals 2016-06-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58648/1/Reoffending%20of%20Child%20Offenders%20in%20Malaysia%20%281%29.pdf Ahmad, Nadzriah and Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein and Wok, Saodah (2016) Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures. The Social Sciences, 11 (Special Issue 6). pp. 7274-7278. ISSN 1818-5800 https://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2016.7274.7278
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Ahmad, Nadzriah Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein Wok, Saodah Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
description	The increasing numbers of child offenders serving sentence in the institutions across Malaysia is worrying. However, the effectiveness of the current system in reforming and rehabilitating the child offenders remain an open question because of the rates of reoffending among child offenders. The objectives of this paper are to examine such issues by highlighting theories underpinning diversionary measures that call for the departure from the retributive system that is already entrenched in the juvenile justice system in Malaysia. A mixed quantitative and qualitative approach has been adopted to identify the rates of reoffending among 432 child offenders who participated in the study. The findings revealed that despite undertaking rehabilitative programmes in the institutions while serving sentence, the rates of child offenders who reoffended are increasing.
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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	Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
title_short	Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
title_full	Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
title_fullStr	Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
title_full_unstemmed	Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
title_sort	reoffending among the child offenders in malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures
publisher	Medwell Journals
publishDate	2016
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Reoffending among the child offenders in Malaysia: it's time to open our doors to theories underpinning diversionary measures

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