The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper

Each year thousands of adolescents are discharged from incarceration across the nation. The Prison Department, Malaysia shows up that most of the adolescents who were released from the incarceration period infringe again and re-entered the rehabilitation centre. The increasing number of juvenile cri...

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Main Authors: Tamil Chelvam, Thiresyinie, Daud, Mohd Najmi, Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin
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Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021
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Daud, Mohd Najmi
Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin
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description Each year thousands of adolescents are discharged from incarceration across the nation. The Prison Department, Malaysia shows up that most of the adolescents who were released from the incarceration period infringe again and re-entered the rehabilitation centre. The increasing number of juvenile crimes and the escalating number of adolescents with repeated offences have challenged the effectiveness of existing intervention procedures and policies. By far, the intervention programs implemented at the approved school in Malaysia are mostly based on 'one for all' orientation. All inmates have to go through the same intervention process through this practice regardless of their different cases and background. Yet, little is known on how well incarcerated adolescents are equipped with relevant knowledge and skills to ensure their readiness to integrate with the outside social world upon their release from the approved schools. Given that, their readiness to cope and adapt with their lives upon their release remains elusive. Therefore, the present paper seeks to analyze the strengths and limitations of the existing intervention programs at approved schools in Malaysia. Also, factors contributing to incarcerated adolescents' readiness to reintegrate with society and to live independently, namely, coping resources of his/her needs of support, information, and feedback to delineate the challenges lying ahead, are scrutinized and proposed to improve the existing practices.
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spelling upm-955742022-08-22T02:53:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95574/ The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper Tamil Chelvam, Thiresyinie Daud, Mohd Najmi Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin Each year thousands of adolescents are discharged from incarceration across the nation. The Prison Department, Malaysia shows up that most of the adolescents who were released from the incarceration period infringe again and re-entered the rehabilitation centre. The increasing number of juvenile crimes and the escalating number of adolescents with repeated offences have challenged the effectiveness of existing intervention procedures and policies. By far, the intervention programs implemented at the approved school in Malaysia are mostly based on 'one for all' orientation. All inmates have to go through the same intervention process through this practice regardless of their different cases and background. Yet, little is known on how well incarcerated adolescents are equipped with relevant knowledge and skills to ensure their readiness to integrate with the outside social world upon their release from the approved schools. Given that, their readiness to cope and adapt with their lives upon their release remains elusive. Therefore, the present paper seeks to analyze the strengths and limitations of the existing intervention programs at approved schools in Malaysia. Also, factors contributing to incarcerated adolescents' readiness to reintegrate with society and to live independently, namely, coping resources of his/her needs of support, information, and feedback to delineate the challenges lying ahead, are scrutinized and proposed to improve the existing practices. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95574/1/The%20readiness%20for%20independent%20living%20among%20incarcerated%20adolescents%20in%20Malaysia%3B%20a%20conceptual%20paper.pdf Tamil Chelvam, Thiresyinie and Daud, Mohd Najmi and Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin (2021) The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (9). 1159 - 1168. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/10849/The-Readiness-for-Independent-Living-among-Incarcerated-Adolescents-in-Malaysia-A-Conceptual-Paper 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i9/10849
spellingShingle Tamil Chelvam, Thiresyinie
Daud, Mohd Najmi
Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin
The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title_full The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title_fullStr The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title_full_unstemmed The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title_short The readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in Malaysia: a conceptual paper
title_sort readiness for independent living among incarcerated adolescents in malaysia: a conceptual paper
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