This article was posted by The Star. Image is sourced from The Star. STAY focused on education, be self-disciplined and practise good time management. These were among the advice given by Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) Penang chapter vice-chairman Datuk K.R. Pulayantran (pic) to a group of students who attended a half-day workshop at SMK…
This article first appeared on FMT. The image above is sourced from FMT. PETALING JAYA: The best thing the country can do to fight gangsterism among its youth is to allow the community to take the lead in prevention programmes, says a renowned criminologist. In an interview with FMT, P Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia…
This article was first posted on FMT. Image source at FMT. GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) is setting up committees at district level nationwide to help the organisation play a greater role in tackling crime and reaching out to local communities. Its senior vice-chairman Lee Lam Thye said the foundation was in…
This article first appeared on FMT. Image sourced from FMT. Giving the public access to a sex offender registry could potentially lead to acts of revenge or vigilantism, but the benefits of having one are more important, says a criminologist. Commenting on fresh calls for a sex offender registry, USM criminologist P Sundramoorthy said there…
This article first appeared on FMT. Image is sourced from FMT. Convicted serial rapist Selva Kumar Subbiah, who is expected to be deported to Malaysia soon, cannot be allowed to move around freely in society as he is still considered a person of high risk, a criminologist said today. Universiti Sains Malaysia criminologist Prof P…
This post first appeared on FMT. Image is sourced from FMT. PETALING JAYA: A criminologist has urged the courts to impose the maximum penalties on those found guilty of dealing out street justice. P Sundramoorthy, an associate professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia and a member of the Research Team on Crime and Policing, said maximum…
This article first appeared here. IT TOOK only one shooter to kill 39 people and injure 70 on New Year’s Day in Istanbul although 17,000 police personnel were on duty. According to Turkish media, the killer arrived in a taxi, retrieved a bag from the trunk and removed the automatic barrel and began to shoot….
This article first appeared on The Star and is available at this link. IF our country’s prisons are not struggling with problems of overcrowding yet, they will do so soon enough. Creative and constructive solutions are needed to address this problem, with an emphasis on treating imprisonment as a punishment of last resort. In other…
