Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration

Child abuse has been a long-standing social problem in Malaysia. The increase in child abuse cases has become worrisome and causes undesirable cost and social burden. Social awareness, educated society towards child abuse, legislative and policy remedies, and financial help are the measures that sho...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah, Jamhirah, Hitam, Mizan, Ra'ees, Wahabuddin, Eissa, Garoot Suleiman, Ibrahim, Nabila Huda
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Language:	English
Published:	IDOSI Publications 2017
Subjects:	AI Indexes (General) AS Academies and learned societies (General) AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
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spelling	iium-611812018-03-27T04:20:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61181/ Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration Abdullah, Jamhirah Hitam, Mizan Ra'ees, Wahabuddin Eissa, Garoot Suleiman Ibrahim, Nabila Huda AI Indexes (General) AS Academies and learned societies (General) AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities Child abuse has been a long-standing social problem in Malaysia. The increase in child abuse cases has become worrisome and causes undesirable cost and social burden. Social awareness, educated society towards child abuse, legislative and policy remedies, and financial help are the measures that should be considered to prevent child abuse. Evidences suggest that child abuse cases in Malaysia are underreported. Only a fraction of the total number of child abuse cases is reported. Academics argue that society can play an important role in prevention and reporting of child abuse. Involvement of social groups, community leaders and every member of society in prevention and reporting of child abuse will reduce child abuse cases in the country. IDOSI Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61181/3/61181_Society%20and%20under%20reporting%20of%20child_article.pdf Abdullah, Jamhirah and Hitam, Mizan and Ra'ees, Wahabuddin and Eissa, Garoot Suleiman and Ibrahim, Nabila Huda (2017) Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration. World Applied Sciences Journal, 35 (11). pp. 2501-2506. ISSN 1818-4952 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj35(11)17/29.pdf 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2017.2501.2506
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spellingShingle	AI Indexes (General) AS Academies and learned societies (General) AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities Abdullah, Jamhirah Hitam, Mizan Ra'ees, Wahabuddin Eissa, Garoot Suleiman Ibrahim, Nabila Huda Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
description	Child abuse has been a long-standing social problem in Malaysia. The increase in child abuse cases has become worrisome and causes undesirable cost and social burden. Social awareness, educated society towards child abuse, legislative and policy remedies, and financial help are the measures that should be considered to prevent child abuse. Evidences suggest that child abuse cases in Malaysia are underreported. Only a fraction of the total number of child abuse cases is reported. Academics argue that society can play an important role in prevention and reporting of child abuse. Involvement of social groups, community leaders and every member of society in prevention and reporting of child abuse will reduce child abuse cases in the country.
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author	Abdullah, Jamhirah Hitam, Mizan Ra'ees, Wahabuddin Eissa, Garoot Suleiman Ibrahim, Nabila Huda
author_facet	Abdullah, Jamhirah Hitam, Mizan Ra'ees, Wahabuddin Eissa, Garoot Suleiman Ibrahim, Nabila Huda
author_sort	Abdullah, Jamhirah
title	Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
title_short	Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
title_full	Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
title_fullStr	Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
title_full_unstemmed	Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration
title_sort	society and underreporting of child abuse cases in malaysia: theoretical consideration
publisher	IDOSI Publications
publishDate	2017
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Society and underreporting of child abuse cases in Malaysia: Theoretical consideration

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