Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms

Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms

Imprisonment is a type of punishments that can be imposed on a Shariah offender in Malaysia. Nevertheless, in practice, Shariah Courts rarely send the convict to prison. They would usually prefer the infliction of fines instead. The question arises as to whether imprisonment should be replaced with...

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Main Author: Hussin, Nasimah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Research and Journals 2017
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KBP Islamic Law
KPG Malaysia
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spelling iium-617702018-02-05T03:54:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61770/ Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms Hussin, Nasimah KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia Imprisonment is a type of punishments that can be imposed on a Shariah offender in Malaysia. Nevertheless, in practice, Shariah Courts rarely send the convict to prison. They would usually prefer the infliction of fines instead. The question arises as to whether imprisonment should be replaced with alternative punishment which is considered to be more effective to rehabilitate the offender and to reduce the rate of recidivists. Thus this paper will examine the existing legal framework to look at the possibility of the Shariah Courts to consider other punishments as alternative to imprisonment. This paper will also suggest improvements to the system so that the aspects relating to sentencing can be revised. Institute of Research and Journals 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61770/1/alternative%20punishment%20nasimah.pdf Hussin, Nasimah (2017) Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms. International Journal of Management and Applied Science, 3 (5). pp. 70-73. ISSN 2394-7926 http://www.iraj.in/journal/journal_file/journal_pdf/14-369-150036191970-73.pdf
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KPG Malaysia
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KPG Malaysia
Hussin, Nasimah
Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
description Imprisonment is a type of punishments that can be imposed on a Shariah offender in Malaysia. Nevertheless, in practice, Shariah Courts rarely send the convict to prison. They would usually prefer the infliction of fines instead. The question arises as to whether imprisonment should be replaced with alternative punishment which is considered to be more effective to rehabilitate the offender and to reduce the rate of recidivists. Thus this paper will examine the existing legal framework to look at the possibility of the Shariah Courts to consider other punishments as alternative to imprisonment. This paper will also suggest improvements to the system so that the aspects relating to sentencing can be revised.
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author Hussin, Nasimah
author_facet Hussin, Nasimah
author_sort Hussin, Nasimah
title Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
title_short Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
title_full Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
title_fullStr Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
title_full_unstemmed Alternative punishment to imprisonment in the Malaysian Shariah Court: Prospects for reforms
title_sort alternative punishment to imprisonment in the malaysian shariah court: prospects for reforms
publisher Institute of Research and Journals
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/61770/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/61770/
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