Imprisonment for juvenile offenders in serious offences: a legal analysis. / Noor Azreen Ana, Zarifah Adib Azhari and Farah Farhanah Abdul Razak

The rise in juvenile rates in recent history has become national concern. The constant change in the economic conditions forcing parent to leave their children unattended and without supervision thus, making more room for error. The issue concern as to whether by dealing with he juvenile offender with the alternative punishment available for them would bring different result with regard to the process of bringing back the offenders to the society as compared to the way of imprisonment. This research focuses on the comparison between the alternative punishments available for the juvenile offender with the law available under other developed country. The final outcome from this research is that the laws in Malaysia in terms of juvenile punishment are sufficient. However, support from the Federal Government in terms of support, financially and through provision of adequate facilities and infrastructures, is necessitated to ensure the efficiency of the incorporation of alternative juvenile punishment in the juvenile justice system in Malaysia.