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    Antisocial personality disorder as an engine towards human criminal behavior
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2010-11-12)
    Nurul Hazrina Mazlan
    ;
    Affizal Ahmad
    The objective of this study is to understand how personality disorders affect the way human behave and their effects towards human social relationship. The focus is female prisoners in Peninsular Malaysia. Personality and human behavior is closely related to one another. Personality creates how a person behaves and directly affects the engineering of social relationship. Human criminal behavior often raises a big question to the reason lies behind the behavior. One of the most commonly discussed answer for the criminal behavior is personality disorder which is a type of mental health problems. Antisocial personality disorder is a subtype of personality disorder widely related to many criminal deeds. In many countries, studies regarding personality disorders among offenders population are very common and the findings evidenced that personality disorders are strongly related to the criminal behavior. The methodology of this study is designed based on cross-sectional study. The finding shows that antisocial personality disorder as the focus of this study can be regarded as the engine of human criminal behavior. Antisocial personality disorder simply defined as act of violation towards social norms and the law which results in the occurrence of crime and disrupts the normal engine of the society.
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    Identifying communication abuses in school setting: why did they do it?
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2010-11-12)
    Affizal Ahmad
    ;
    Natassha Hashim
    Words or languages are viewed as engines, tools and instruments for communication that able the users to apply the tools constructively and creatively. Engineering of words and languages can transform them into either positive or negative outcome in communication. Positive manipulation may lead to a better outcome in interaction between individuals while the opposite will cause communication abuses. The objectives of this study is to identify and describe the types of communication abuses occurred in school settings, and analyze the patterns of communication abuses among students in relation to gender and age group. The methodology of this study is designed based on cross-sectional study. The study involved participants from primary and secondary school in Klang, Selangor. The finding of this study revealed that there are seven categories of abusive words. Result of this study also shows that males have been proved to practice more communication abuses towards others and receive the same treatment than females do. Males were found to target girls with communication abuses with sexual contents and males which appear more feminine also being the subject of communication abuses by using homophobic words. Primary school students were practicing and experiencing communication abuses more than secondary school students.
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    Mental health problems among female offenders and its relation to social engineering
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2010-11-12)
    Nurul Hazrina Mazlan
    ;
    Affizal Ahmad
    The objective of this study is to understand the common mental health problems among female offenders and how they affect the society through application of rehabilitation program. Female offenders have always been a minor subject in research and study. So far, theory and research relating to crime had been focusing on male offenders. As a result, correctional program that has been used for female offenders is based on male criminality and often failed to provide the appropriate option for the needs of female offenders. In Malaysia, the study on female offenders has not draws so much interest contributing to a lack of information regarding this population. Factors that may cause a female to commit a crime have not been studied much. The number of female offenders however, seem to be increasing annually. One of the major concerns in female criminality is mental health problems. Various study revealed that female offenders had higher rates of having at least one mental health problems. The methodology of this study is designed based on cross-sectional study using a psychometric instrument, Carlson Psychological Survey (CPS). The findings showed that chemical abuse and antisocial tendency are very common among female offenders.
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