Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres
A number of studies, internationally, have established a relationship between family structures and environment with juvenile delinquency (Harper and McLanahan, 1998; Larson, Swyers and Larson, 1995; Anderson, 2002). Not many studies have been conducted in Malaysia to link juvenile delinquency wit...
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| author | Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin Endut, Noraida Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Azmawati, Azman Azwan |
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| description | A number of studies, internationally, have established a relationship between family structures and
environment with juvenile delinquency (Harper and McLanahan, 1998; Larson, Swyers and Larson, 1995;
Anderson, 2002). Not many studies have been conducted in Malaysia to link juvenile delinquency with the
context of juveniles’ families, especially of their parents or people assuming the role of their parents. This paper
is an early attempt at understanding the experiences of juveniles with their parents in order to explore the
relationship between their experiences and their involvement in crime or juvenile behaviour. For this purpose,
a qualitative research approach was adopted by conducting in-depth interviews with seven (7) male juvenile
offenders from a rehabilitation centre in Penang and five (5) female juvenile offenders from a rehabilitation centre
in Kedah, Malaysia. The interviews provide an insight into the male and female juveniles’ personal feelings
about their experiences and relationships with their parents or persons whom they identify as people have
parental guardianship over them. The study finds that adolescents who are involved in delinquencies expressed
much unhappiness with their parents due to reasons such as their parents having divorced, not receiving love
from their parents, feeling uncared by their parents and families, having strained relationships with their family
and experiencing violence from their parents and/ or family. The narratives of the juveniles are hoped to be able to inform us about specific areas to explore further in understanding the criming and delinquent behaviour of
juveniles. |
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| spelling | usm-319922017-05-19T02:20:20Z http://eprints.usm.my/31992/ Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin Endut, Noraida Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Azmawati, Azman Azwan H1-99 Social sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform A number of studies, internationally, have established a relationship between family structures and environment with juvenile delinquency (Harper and McLanahan, 1998; Larson, Swyers and Larson, 1995; Anderson, 2002). Not many studies have been conducted in Malaysia to link juvenile delinquency with the context of juveniles’ families, especially of their parents or people assuming the role of their parents. This paper is an early attempt at understanding the experiences of juveniles with their parents in order to explore the relationship between their experiences and their involvement in crime or juvenile behaviour. For this purpose, a qualitative research approach was adopted by conducting in-depth interviews with seven (7) male juvenile offenders from a rehabilitation centre in Penang and five (5) female juvenile offenders from a rehabilitation centre in Kedah, Malaysia. The interviews provide an insight into the male and female juveniles’ personal feelings about their experiences and relationships with their parents or persons whom they identify as people have parental guardianship over them. The study finds that adolescents who are involved in delinquencies expressed much unhappiness with their parents due to reasons such as their parents having divorced, not receiving love from their parents, feeling uncared by their parents and families, having strained relationships with their family and experiencing violence from their parents and/ or family. The narratives of the juveniles are hoped to be able to inform us about specific areas to explore further in understanding the criming and delinquent behaviour of juveniles. International Digital Organization for Scientific Information 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/31992/1/HAJA_MUHA.pdf Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin and Endut, Noraida and Selamat, Nor Hafizah and Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah and Azmawati, Azman Azwan (2016) Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres. World Applied Sciences Journal, 34 (12). pp. 1834-1839. ISSN 1818-4952 http://10.5829/idosi.wasj.2016.1834.1839 |
| spellingShingle | H1-99 Social sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin Endut, Noraida Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Azmawati, Azman Azwan Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title | Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title_full | Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title_fullStr | Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title_full_unstemmed | Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title_short | Juveniles and Their Parents: Narratives of Male & Female Adolescents in Rehabilitation Centres |
| title_sort | juveniles and their parents: narratives of male & female adolescents in rehabilitation centres |
| topic | H1-99 Social sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
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