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This project examines the application of statutory rape laws in Malaysia, focusing on the perceptions of criminal justice personnel and the psychosocial characteristics of sexual relationships among close-in-age adolescents compared to adult-child relationships. It aims to gather data to inform reforms in these laws.
Statutory rape laws are designed to protect children from the manipulation of adults into having sexual intercourse.
However, in Malaysia, statutory rape laws are applied even on male adolescents who are close in age with their female partners.
This is problematic because applying these laws into male children will criminalize their normative sexual behaviors which has long-lasting damaging effects.
In addition, the perception of the criminal justice personnel on sexual behaviors of children als…
UNIVERSIDADE DE TRAS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO
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