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 heartl...

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Main Authors: Termizi, Mazbah, Abdullah, Nurhidayah, Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling iium-394672018-05-24T05:05:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39467/ 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. 2014-11-25 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39467/1/rcstssscan.pdf Termizi, Mazbah and Abdullah, Nurhidayah and Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati (2014) Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: definition, severity and coverage. In: Regional Conference On Science, Technology & Social Sciences , 24th - 25th November 2014, Cameron Highlands, Pahang. (Unpublished)
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Termizi, Mazbah
Abdullah, Nurhidayah
Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
Comprehensiveness of punishment for baby dumping: definition, severity and coverage
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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Termizi, Mazbah
Abdullah, Nurhidayah
Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
author_facet Termizi, Mazbah
Abdullah, Nurhidayah
Mohd Jaafar, Noor Ismawati
author_sort Termizi, Mazbah
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
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/39467/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39467/1/rcstssscan.pdf
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