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
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/58648/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58648/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58648/1/Reoffending%20of%20Child%20Offenders%20in%20Malaysia%20%281%29.pdf