Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims

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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Main Author: Hussin, Nasimah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011
Subjects:
K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/1/Punitive_justice_in_the_Malaysian_criminal_law.pdf
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spelling iium-176292015-02-25T00:53:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/ Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims Hussin, Nasimah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia 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. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17629/1/Punitive_justice_in_the_Malaysian_criminal_law.pdf Hussin, Nasimah (2011) Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (13). pp. 2399-2404. ISSN 1819-544X http://aensionline.com/jasr/jasr/2011/2399-2404.pdf
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KPG Malaysia
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KPG Malaysia
Hussin, Nasimah
Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
description 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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author Hussin, Nasimah
author_facet Hussin, Nasimah
author_sort Hussin, Nasimah
title Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
title_short Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
title_full Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
title_fullStr Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
title_full_unstemmed Punitive justice in the Malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
title_sort punitive justice in the malaysian criminal law: balancing the rights of offenders with those of the victims
publisher American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan
publishDate 2011
url 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
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