Nik Azmah, Nik Ramly
(2008)
Patterns of homicide and robbery
in Utusan Malaysia.
Other.
Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
This study sought to establish the patterns of homicide and robbery in Malaysia as
reported in the Malay newspaper Utusan Malaysia. This study will help to identify the
patterns of frequency for both violent crimes according to year, state, perpetrator
demographics, and victim demographics. All necessary data was obtained and analyzed
from Utusan Malaysia between the years 2004 and 2006. The results of this analysis was
compared to PDRM Crime Index. Archival analysis was used in this study. The KruskalWallis
Test for K Independent Samples was used to test hypotheses. There were 153
homicide cases and 74 robbery cases. The highest cases of homicide were reported in 2004
(59 cases of all cases) followed by 51 cases in 2006 and 43 cases in 2005. The most
prevalent of robbery occurred in 2006 (47 cases of all cases). This was followed with 14
cases in 2004 and 13 cases in 2005. The results showed homicide and robbery victims in
Malaysia were male, 'Malay' and Malaysian. The majority of homicide victims in
Malaysia belonged to the age 'above 45 years old' whereas the age for robbery victims
were '35.1 to 45 years old'. From the findings, male and aged '18.1 to 35 years old' were
the most prevalent homicide and robbery perpetrators. The homicide and robbery in
Malaysia mostly involved one victim. The highest ethnicity of murderers in Malaysia were
'Malay' after 'not stated' ethnicity. Chinese and foreigners were the most prevalent
robbers in Malaysia. The comparison between Utusan Malaysia and PDRM Crime Index
showed that homicide was more common as reported in Utusan Malaysia compared to
robbery but the PDRM Crime Index showed robbery was more prevalent in Malaysia
compared to homicide.
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