Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact

‘Shaming’ and ‘public humiliation’ has long been an equivocal tool of criminal justice and has been carried on as a form of ‘punishment’ by state authorities and members of the public, in a variety of ways in many parts of the world. However, since the latter part of the 20th century, humiliation...

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Main Author:	Ismail, Shahrul Mizan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/1/Article_Facebook_Shaming-ICLOCJ_2014.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/4/ICLOC_-_Program_Book.pdf

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spelling	iium-479152018-06-11T02:50:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/ Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact Ismail, Shahrul Mizan K Law (General) KPG Malaysia ‘Shaming’ and ‘public humiliation’ has long been an equivocal tool of criminal justice and has been carried on as a form of ‘punishment’ by state authorities and members of the public, in a variety of ways in many parts of the world. However, since the latter part of the 20th century, humiliation has become amplified through the emergence of internet technology. The advent of social media has brought with it, the possibility of a cheaper and more convenient way of publicly humiliating a criminal offender. In fact, the relevant authorities are found to be increasingly using social media to find and monitor these offenders. Social media has now provided the society an instant avenue to bypass the justice system, and immediately imposes its own punishment which can become a weapon of mass reputation destruction, capable of amplifying shaming and public humiliation on a scale never before possible. This study aims at extrapolating the relationship between the influx of social media and the emergence of the modern day version of shaming and public humiliation as a form of ‘punishment’. It shall also assess the impact of this phenomenon on the Malaysian society and evaluate its effectiveness in controlling crimes in Malaysia. Since Malaysia is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of social media users, this research will indubitably contribute in providing a better understanding of the issues involved so that a more effective approach can be adopted in regulating the problem 2014-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/1/Article_Facebook_Shaming-ICLOCJ_2014.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47915/4/ICLOC_-_Program_Book.pdf Ismail, Shahrul Mizan (2014) Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact. In: International Conference on Law, Order and Criminal Justice 2014, 19th-20th November 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	‘Shaming’ and ‘public humiliation’ has long been an equivocal tool of criminal justice and has been carried on as a form of ‘punishment’ by state authorities and members of the public, in a variety of ways in many parts of the world. However, since the latter part of the 20th century, humiliation has become amplified through the emergence of internet technology. The advent of social media has brought with it, the possibility of a cheaper and more convenient way of publicly humiliating a criminal offender. In fact, the relevant authorities are found to be increasingly using social media to find and monitor these offenders. Social media has now provided the society an instant avenue to bypass the justice system, and immediately imposes its own punishment which can become a weapon of mass reputation destruction, capable of amplifying shaming and public humiliation on a scale never before possible. This study aims at extrapolating the relationship between the influx of social media and the emergence of the modern day version of shaming and public humiliation as a form of ‘punishment’. It shall also assess the impact of this phenomenon on the Malaysian society and evaluate its effectiveness in controlling crimes in Malaysia. Since Malaysia is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of social media users, this research will indubitably contribute in providing a better understanding of the issues involved so that a more effective approach can be adopted in regulating the problem
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ismail, Shahrul Mizan
author_facet	Ismail, Shahrul Mizan
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title	Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact
title_short	Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact
title_full	Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact
title_fullStr	Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact
title_full_unstemmed	Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact
title_sort	facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in malaysia: evaluating effect and impact
publishDate	2014
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