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YEAR
2024

department of Social Administration and Justice

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Policy
Social Welfare System
Social Work (at risk children)

RESEARCH KEYWORD
Social policy, social welfare, at-risk children,
social well-being, vulnerable group.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Sultana Razia & Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah. (2023).
professor dr. A call to action: Unpacking the challenge to
implementing social sustainability initiatives in a
Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah developing country city. Heliyon, 9(8), e19085.
Ah, S. H. A., Islam, M. R., Sulaiman, S., & Omar, N.
shajar@um.edu.my
(2021). Material Deprivation Status of Malaysian
Children from Low-Income Families. Child and
EDUCATION Adolescent, Social Work Journal, 38(2), 139-148.
Azam, S. B. M., Abu Bakar, S. H., Yusoff, J. Z. M., &
PhD, (Social Policy)
Universiti Malaya (UM) Rauf, S. H. A. (2021). A case study on academic
and vocational training for child offenders
MSoSc, (International Social Policy) undergoing a multisystemic therapy-based
Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK rehabilitation order in Malaysia. Children and Youth
Services Review, 122, 14. doi:
BA, (Antropologi / Sosiologi) 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105911
Universiti Malaya (UM) Shong, T. S., Abu Bakar, S. H., Islam, M. R. (2019).
Poverty and delinquency: A qualitative study on
selected juvenile offenders in Malaysia.
UMEXPERT LINK International Social Work, 62(2), 965-979
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/shajar.html
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
RESEARCHER ID Excellent Researcher - Distinguished Researcher
B-9791-2010 (Web of Science) (Humanities & Social Sciences), Universiti Malaya,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-833X 2019.
Anugerah Nilai Geran Penyelidikan Tertinggi 2018,
Universiti Malaya, 2019.
SCOPUS ID Chapter Head/Chairman, The National Professors
53064427900 Council (MPN)

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