A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan

Electronic monitoring of offenders by way of tagging or devices fitted to the ankle of an offender for the purpose of supervision and monitoring is an advancement in the enforcement of criminal justice system in Malaysia. However, the fitting of an EMD to a body of a person for twenty-hours per day...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hassan, Che Audah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53834/1/53834.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-uitm-ir.53834
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-uitm-ir.538342022-03-25T03:16:22Z A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan 2020-12 Hassan, Che Audah Criminology Offenses against public safety. Internal security Criminal justice administration Electronic monitoring of offenders by way of tagging or devices fitted to the ankle of an offender for the purpose of supervision and monitoring is an advancement in the enforcement of criminal justice system in Malaysia. However, the fitting of an EMD to a body of a person for twenty-hours per day for a certain period ordered by the authority with no possibility of removing may attract an issue of fundamental liberty of the person fitted with the device. Hence, this study will examine the legal framework underlying the provisions of electronic monitoring of offenders in Malaysia under various legislation, the impact that it has on the fundamental liberty of the person tagged with the device, and the effectiveness of the device in the prevention and rehabilitation of offenders. Apart from applying the doctrinal methodology, the researcher has also conducted an interview with many respondents being persons directly involved in the implementation of the law on electronic monitoring. These persons are, police officers, Chairman of Board of Prevention of Crime Act 1959 and Prevention of Terrorism Act 2012, inquiry officers, head of prosecuting officer and the offenders fitted with the device. The main finding of this study supports the crime control model of criminal justice system as the legal framework underlying the objectives of introducing the electronic monitoring of offenders through a device attach to the ankle of the person. Nevertheless, there are some recommendations proposed to improve the implementation of the electronic monitoring devices on offenders such as the data protection laws and the type of device to be attached to the body of the person. Besides, it is suggested that the application of the device is not only used as a tool for monitoring, rather a combination with a program that may encourage in the rehabilitative elements as well as longer resistance of recidivism. Hence, this study will contribute to the literature on electronic monitoring of offenders in the criminal justice and the compliance with the international covenants on the use of the device. 2020-12 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53834/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53834/1/53834.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Law Dziyauddin, Haidar (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Dziyauddin, Haidar (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
topic Criminology
Criminology
Criminal justice administration
spellingShingle Criminology
Criminology
Criminal justice administration
Hassan, Che Audah
A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
description Electronic monitoring of offenders by way of tagging or devices fitted to the ankle of an offender for the purpose of supervision and monitoring is an advancement in the enforcement of criminal justice system in Malaysia. However, the fitting of an EMD to a body of a person for twenty-hours per day for a certain period ordered by the authority with no possibility of removing may attract an issue of fundamental liberty of the person fitted with the device. Hence, this study will examine the legal framework underlying the provisions of electronic monitoring of offenders in Malaysia under various legislation, the impact that it has on the fundamental liberty of the person tagged with the device, and the effectiveness of the device in the prevention and rehabilitation of offenders. Apart from applying the doctrinal methodology, the researcher has also conducted an interview with many respondents being persons directly involved in the implementation of the law on electronic monitoring. These persons are, police officers, Chairman of Board of Prevention of Crime Act 1959 and Prevention of Terrorism Act 2012, inquiry officers, head of prosecuting officer and the offenders fitted with the device. The main finding of this study supports the crime control model of criminal justice system as the legal framework underlying the objectives of introducing the electronic monitoring of offenders through a device attach to the ankle of the person. Nevertheless, there are some recommendations proposed to improve the implementation of the electronic monitoring devices on offenders such as the data protection laws and the type of device to be attached to the body of the person. Besides, it is suggested that the application of the device is not only used as a tool for monitoring, rather a combination with a program that may encourage in the rehabilitative elements as well as longer resistance of recidivism. Hence, this study will contribute to the literature on electronic monitoring of offenders in the criminal justice and the compliance with the international covenants on the use of the device.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Hassan, Che Audah
author_facet Hassan, Che Audah
author_sort Hassan, Che Audah
title A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
title_short A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
title_full A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
title_fullStr A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
title_full_unstemmed A critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in Malaysia / Che Audah Hassan
title_sort critical study on the legal framework of electronic monitoring of offenders in the prevention of crime in malaysia / che audah hassan
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Law
publishDate 2020
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53834/1/53834.pdf
_version_ 1783734879993724928