Marginalized Malay females: a socio-demographic analysis on female prisoners in the Malaysian prisons / Rachel Samuel and Roaimah Omar

Samuel, Rachel and Omar, Roaimah (2014) Marginalized Malay females: a socio-demographic analysis on female prisoners in the Malaysian prisons / Rachel Samuel and Roaimah Omar. In: International Conference on Islamic Business, Art, Culture & Communication (ICIBACC 2014). Division of Research and Industry Linkages , UiTM Melaka, Alor Gajah, p. 40.

Abstract

The number of females incarcerated in Malaysian prisons grew from 2909 in 1998 to 3511 in the year 2000 (15,07 rate per 100,000 inhabitants) (Malaysian Crime Index, 2002). More than 79% (n=95) of those interviewed in five Malaysian prisons were Malays. These women were mainly between the ages of 20 and 39, divorced and were incarcerated for various offences. The imprisonment seems harder on women who were mothers as they are totally dependent on their support network to care for their children. In majority of the cases, there is no contact with the younger children and strained relationships with the older children. In many cases, both the female and her husband/boyfriend were both in prison as crime was carried out together with one party abetting with the other. About half the women grew up in broken homes. These women who have ended up in prison after having grown up in broken homes, currently have children whose mothers and at times, their fathers too, are absent from their lives. Hence the cycle of violence-continues.

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Item Type: Book Section
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Samuel, Rachel
rachelsam@bdrmelaka.uitm.edu.my
Omar, Roaimah
aimayana91@melaka.uitm.edu.my
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Women. Feminism
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > Criminal justice administration > Penology. Prisons. Corrections
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Bahagian Penyelidikan dan Jaringan Industri, UiTM Melaka
Event Title: International Conference on Islamic Business, Art, Culture & Communication (ICIBACC 2014)
Event Dates: 26 - 27
Page Range: p. 40
Keywords: Female, Malay, Prisoners
Date: 2014
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54391
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