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Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes
OBJECTIVE: To describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021. METHODS: This is a retrospective secondary analysis of police records on child homicides in Malaysia. Background demographic characteristics of victims,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35910969 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854539 |
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author | Razali, Salmi Jaris, Nor Hidayah Muuti, Muhamad Zaid Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021. METHODS: This is a retrospective secondary analysis of police records on child homicides in Malaysia. Background demographic characteristics of victims, suspected offenders, motives of homicide, and rates of child homicide in Malaysia were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS: Three hundred thirty-two child homicide cases involving 349 children aged 18 years old and below by 458 suspected offenders were described. The Malaysian rates of child homicide from 2010 to 2018 fluctuated between 0.28 and 0.37 per 100,000 population of children aged 18 and below. The rates show decreasing trend to 0.19 and 0.17 per 100,000 population of children aged 18 in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Most of the victims were Malay and Indians, boys, aged 0–5 years old and 16–18 years old. Offenders were likely to be someone known to the victims, including parents, stepparents, and friends, and have unstable incomes. The main possible motives of homicide are jealousy and revenge, child abuse, and feeling distress. CONCLUSION: The rates of child homicide in Malaysia are lower compared to other countries and show decreasing trend during this COVID-19 pandemic. These findings perhaps are underestimated and should be cautiously interpreted. Nevertheless, the results should inform immediate intervention to target the at-risk groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-93305962022-07-29 Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes Razali, Salmi Jaris, Nor Hidayah Muuti, Muhamad Zaid Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: To describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021. METHODS: This is a retrospective secondary analysis of police records on child homicides in Malaysia. Background demographic characteristics of victims, suspected offenders, motives of homicide, and rates of child homicide in Malaysia were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS: Three hundred thirty-two child homicide cases involving 349 children aged 18 years old and below by 458 suspected offenders were described. The Malaysian rates of child homicide from 2010 to 2018 fluctuated between 0.28 and 0.37 per 100,000 population of children aged 18 and below. The rates show decreasing trend to 0.19 and 0.17 per 100,000 population of children aged 18 in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Most of the victims were Malay and Indians, boys, aged 0–5 years old and 16–18 years old. Offenders were likely to be someone known to the victims, including parents, stepparents, and friends, and have unstable incomes. The main possible motives of homicide are jealousy and revenge, child abuse, and feeling distress. CONCLUSION: The rates of child homicide in Malaysia are lower compared to other countries and show decreasing trend during this COVID-19 pandemic. These findings perhaps are underestimated and should be cautiously interpreted. Nevertheless, the results should inform immediate intervention to target the at-risk groups. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9330596/ /pubmed/35910969 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854539 Text en Copyright © 2022 Razali, Jaris, Muuti and Abdullah. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Razali, Salmi Jaris, Nor Hidayah Muuti, Muhamad Zaid Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title | Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title_full | Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title_fullStr | Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title_full_unstemmed | Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title_short | Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes |
title_sort | child homicide amounting to murder in malaysia: descriptive analysis of the statistics and causes |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35910969 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854539 |
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