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…
* Image is sourced from FMT on this article. This article first appeared on FreeMalaysiaToday (FMT) and is available at this link. PETALING JAYA: Chemical castration may not necessarily prevent a convicted sex offender from attacking more victims in the future simply because physical sexual gratification is not the only factor behind a sexual assault,…
Full Story below by Christina Chin of The Star ([email protected]) Don’t leave your properties vacant or you could end up deep in debt – or worse, on a loan shark’s hit list. WHITE collar criminals and conmen are cashing in on vacant houses. Previously, owners only had vagrants and drug addicts to worry about if…
THE social phenomenon of violent acts of terrorism has an intellectual and behavioural context that needs to be objectively analysed without prejudice. Many would argue that the way to counter acts of terrorism is to address the supposed grievances that arise from deprivation of civil rights, human rights and democracy. Then, is the deliberate targeting…
