Violent crime datasets: Incidence and patterns in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017

Hakim, Hashom Mohd; Khan, Hussein Omar; Hamzah, Hafezul Helmi; Othman, Mohammad Faiz; Nelson, Bryan Raveen; Chambers, Geoffrey K.; Edinur, Hisham Atan; Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin; Rasudin, Nur Syahmina

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104449

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“…In this study, we provide recent data for property crime in Malaysia over the period from 2007 to 2017 extracted from the PRS. Combined with our previous report on violent crime cases (Hakim et al, 2019a), the property crime statistics presented here provide more extensive documentation of index crimes in Malaysia. Both, property and violent crime datasets can thus made more widely available to potentially interested groups of readers including the general public, the forensic community and the entire body of law enforcement practitioners.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…This is a retrospective study based on property crime data extracted from PRS with written permission from the Inspector General Police of Malaysia, as previously described for violent crimes (Hakim et al, 2019a) Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person's consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit "theft". Whoever commits "theft" shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with fine or with both, and for a second or subsequent offence shall be punished with imprisonment and shall also be liable to fine or to whipping.…”

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“…Other crimes such as domestic violence are broadly classified as non-index crimes. However, both index and non-index crimes are recorded in the Police Reporting System (PRS), the online platform developed by the Royal Malaysia Police to record and store data on crimes reported by the public (Hakim et al, 2019a).…”

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Property Crime Incidence and Patterns in Malaysia From 2007 to 2017

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Crime is a social problem faced by all communities and ranges from property loss or damage to violent events such as murder and robbery. Crime trends are associated with many factors including mental health, unemployment rates, educational status and policing strategies. In this article, we provide property crime datasets for Malaysia from 2007 to 2017. The data were gathered from all reported cases at district police stations and contingent (state and federal territory levels) headquarters. This information was extracted from the Malaysian Police Reporting System (PRS) and divided into five categories; theft, car theft, motorcycle theft, van/lorry/heavy machinery theft and housebreaking. Overall, there were 1,361,320 property crime cases were reported from 2007 to 2017. Theft and motorcycle theft were observed to be the most common types of property crime in Malaysia. In general, property crime cases continue to decline from 163,317 cases in 2007 to only 77,562 in 2017 due to government initiatives and a proactive policing policy. The same downward trend in overall property crime was also observed at state and federal territory levels and is mainly due to a drop in the volume of theft and motorcycle theft cases.

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“…The death of a child may also occur when the child is being abandoned (section 317 of Act 574), killing a baby by a mother who suffers postpartum mental health problems (offence of infanticide under section 309A), and child maltreatment. Fortunately, the number of cases of homicide has been steadily declining from over 600 cases in 2006 to over 400 cases in 2017 ( Hakim et al, 2019 ). However, the datasets for homicide involving children below the age of 18 years old are not widely available and often come from anecdotal sources such as newspaper reports.…”

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Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes

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ObjectiveTo describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021.MethodsThis 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.ResultsThree 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.ConclusionThe 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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“…It is important to note that the term “hit” refers to an exact (100%) concordance between two DNA profiles stored in the FDDM and those from crime scenes, suspects, detainees, drug users, convicted offenders, missing persons, or volunteers. This number increased to 69 by 2019 ( Table 2 and Table S1 ; refer to Hakim et al [ 7 ] for the definition of violent crime in Malaysia). The number of hits thus increased by more than three-fold in just two years, and this observation reflects the greatly increased number of DNA profiles deposited in FDDM over recent years.…”

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Autosomal STR Profiling and Databanking in Malaysia: Current Status and Future Prospects

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Science and technology are extensively used in criminal investigation. From the mid- to late-1980s, one of the scientific discoveries that has had a particularly remarkable impact on this field has been the use of highly variable DNA sequence regions (minisatellites) in the human genome for individual identification. The technique was initially referred to as DNA fingerprinting, but is now more widely referred to as DNA profiling. Since then, many new developments have occurred within this area of science. These include the introduction of new genetic markers (microsatellites also known as short tandem repeats/STRs), the use of the polymerase chain reaction for target amplification, the development of DNA databases (databanking), and the advancement and/or improvement of genotyping protocols and technologies. In 2019, we described the progress of DNA profiling and DNA databanking in Malaysia for the first time. This report included information on DNA analysis regulations and legislation, STR genotyping protocols, database management, and accreditation status. Here, we provide an update on the performance of our DNA databank (numbers of DNA profiles and hits) plus the technical issues associated with correctly assigning the weight of evidence for DNA profiles in an ethnically diverse population, and the potential application of rapid DNA testing in the country. A total of 116,534 DNA profiles were obtained and stored in the Forensic DNA Databank of Malaysia (FDDM) by 2019, having increased from 70,570 in 2017. The number of hits increased by more than three-fold in just two years, where 17 and 69 hits between the DNA profiles stored in the FDDM and those from crime scenes, suspects, detainees, drug users, convicts, missing persons, or volunteers were recorded in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Forensic DNA analysis and databanking are thus progressing well in Malaysia and have already contributed to many criminal investigations. However, several other issues are discussed here, including the need for STR population data for uncharacterized population groups, and pilot trials for adopting rapid DNA profiling technology. These aspects should be considered by policy makers and law enforcement agencies in order to increase the reliability and efficiency of DNA profiling in criminal cases and in kinship analysis in Malaysia.

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Violent crime datasets: Incidence and patterns in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017

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Property Crime Incidence and Patterns in Malaysia From 2007 to 2017

Property Crime Incidence and Patterns in Malaysia From 2007 to 2017

Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes

Autosomal STR Profiling and Databanking in Malaysia: Current Status and Future Prospects

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