Court advisers in Malaysia : a ‘Neglected’ component of the court for children?

• Main Authors: Nur Ezaitie Nabihah Md Eusofe, Jal Zabdi Mohd Yusoff, Sridevi Thambapillay
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21379/1/UU%206.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21379/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/juum/index
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The court advisers are not a new component in the criminal justice system, especially in cases involving children. In most jurisdictions in the world, the court advisers (as known in Malaysia) or social workers/panel of advisers in other countries, are a component that was introduced to assist the j...