Ethnicity, Urbanisation and Crimes in Malaysia: Sociological and GIS Transborder Analyses of a Social Conflict

Nur Suhaili Mansor, Afriva Khaidir, Arie Yulfa, Mohd Sobhi Ishak, Mansor Mohd Noor, Suryanef

2024

Abstract

This study aims to explore social phenomena from the perspective of scientific and technological knowledge. Information on urban development and its relationship with crime and conflict in a multi-ethnic urban setting is collected through a social survey, narcotics and crime records from the police, and the GIS on the development of the township of Sungai Petani. Surveys show that urban development is socially organized and that the Chinese community benefits more significantly than Malays and Indians from urban growth. The data on urban development reflect the fact that as both development and urban areas are growing, Malays living in rural areas and Indians on rubber estates are dislocated, thereby joining the urban poor with limited education, income, and job skills. The narcotic and crime data collected were superimposed on the GIS data of Sungai Petani, Malaysia. Drug-related crime patterns were observed to be related to the expansion of industrial and housing schemes. This situation, if not identified and managed, often ends in ethnic conflict. It happened in 2012, these ethnic groups of development losers, street bikers and gangsters fought across ethnic lines.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mansor N., Khaidir A., Yulfa A., Ishak M., Noor M. and Suryanef. (2024). Ethnicity, Urbanisation and Crimes in Malaysia: Sociological and GIS Transborder Analyses of a Social Conflict. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS; ISBN 978-989-758-752-8, SciTePress, pages 253-261. DOI: 10.5220/0013414100004654

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichels24,
author={Nur Mansor and Afriva Khaidir and Arie Yulfa and Mohd Ishak and Mansor Noor and Suryanef},
title={Ethnicity, Urbanisation and Crimes in Malaysia: Sociological and GIS Transborder Analyses of a Social Conflict},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS},
year={2024},
pages={253-261},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013414100004654},
isbn={978-989-758-752-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS
TI - Ethnicity, Urbanisation and Crimes in Malaysia: Sociological and GIS Transborder Analyses of a Social Conflict
SN - 978-989-758-752-8
AU - Mansor N.
AU - Khaidir A.
AU - Yulfa A.
AU - Ishak M.
AU - Noor M.
AU - Suryanef.
PY - 2024
SP - 253
EP - 261
DO - 10.5220/0013414100004654
PB - SciTePress