@article{MAKHILLTSS2016113024190,
    title = {The Pre-Trial Detention of Child Offenders: Some Evidence from Malaysia},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {11},
    number = {30},
    pages = {7210-7214},
    year = {2016},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2016.7210.7214},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2016.7210.7214},
    author = {Nadzriah,Abdul Ghafur and},
    keywords = {Pre-trial detention,Juvenile justice system,child offenders,CRC 1989,Malaysia},
    abstract = {Many child offenders are deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process for a long period of time.
Lengthy detention at this stage is detrimental to the well-being of child offenders because of the trauma they
experience while being detained. However, the effectiveness of the current system in preventing child offenders
from being detained at the pre-trial process in Malaysia remains an open question because of the high numbers
of child offenders being detained at the pre-trial process. The objectives of this study are to examine such
issues by highlighting the inadequacies of the laws governing the pre-trial detention and to analyse whether
the current laws are meeting the requirements of international standards. A mixed quantitative and qualitative
approach has been adopted to identify the views of 432 child offenders who participated in the study and the
opinions from the stakeholders respectively. The findings revealed that there is a compelling need to reform
the current laws governing the pre-trial detention in order to reduce the number of child offenders being
deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process.}
    }