Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
It is undeniable that there has been a rise in the crime index cases in Malaysia. Statistics recorded showed that there were 984,789 criminal cases through the years 2005 until 2009, i.e. the average of 16413 cases per month and 547 cases per day. It can be interpreted from the statistics that if...
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American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/1/Punitive_justice_in_the_Malaysian_criminal_law.pdf |
| Summary: | It is undeniable that there has been a rise in the crime index cases in Malaysia. Statistics recorded showed
that there were 984,789 criminal cases through the years 2005 until 2009, i.e. the average of 16413 cases per
month and 547 cases per day. It can be interpreted from the statistics that if the crime rate is high, the number of
the aggrieved parties who are affected by those criminal acts is also large. This is our main concern. The
question arises as to what extent the punitive justice manages to resolve this problem. This paper discusses this
scenario in the Malaysian context. It examines the extent of which the existing law guarantees the rights of the
offenders and those of the victims. It clarifies whether they get fair and just treatment in the present criminal
justice system. |
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