Analisis Korpus Jaringan Leksikal Seksual Menggunakan Perisian Graphcoll Berdasarkan Laporan Jenayah BH Online (2004–2020)
Corpus-based Analysis of a Sexual Lexical Network Using Graphcoll based on BH Online Crime Reports (2004–2020)
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https://doi.org/10.15282/ijleal.v15i2.11411Keywords:
Jenayah, Linguistik korpus, Seksual, Teks akhbar, TematikAbstract
Seksual dalam konteks jenayah merujuk kepada pelanggaran undang-undang seperti yang digariskan dalam Kanun Keseksaan, Akta 792 dan Akta 840, dan sering dikaitkan dengan implikasi serius terhadap kesejahteraan mental dan sosial masyarakat. Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis pola kolokasi perkataan seksual dalam Korpus Perlaporan Akhbar Jenayah BHonline (2004–2020) bagi memahami gambaran jenayah seksual dalam wacana media. Data korpus terdiri daripada 3,064,134 token, 48,351 jenis kata dan 7,950 teks, dan dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan Statistik Linguistik Korpus melalui perisian #LancsBoxX. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa perkataan seksual berkolokasi secara signifikan dengan kata seperti kanak-kanak, penderaan, dan gangguan, yang mencerminkan hubungan rapat antara jenayah seksual dan kerentanan mangsa. Kolokasi tersebut dikelaskan kepada beberapa tema utama iaitu konflik [gangguan (11.9), penderaan (11.7), pedofilia (8)], budaya [gejala (8.1)], serta pencirian sifat [kanak-kanak (11.2), pemangsa (8.4)]. Kata lain seperti amang, penganiayaan, bapa, anak, polis, dan guru turut muncul dalam jaringan kolokasi dan menggambarkan konteks pelaku, mangsa serta institusi terlibat. Secara keseluruhan, pola kolokasi ini memperlihatkan bagaimana media membingkai isu jenayah seksual melalui pilihan leksikal yang konsisten. Hasil kajian dapat membantu pihak berkepentingan merangka dasar serta strategi pencegahan yang lebih berkesan dalam menangani jenayah seksual di Malaysia.
Sexual acts in the context of crime refer to conduct that violates the law as provided under the Penal Code, Act 792, and Act 840, and are often associated with psychological harm and long-term social implications. This study aims to analyse the collocational patterns of the word sexual in the BHonline Crime News Corpus (2004–2020) to understand how sexual crimes are represented in Malaysian media discourse. The corpus comprises 3,064,134 tokens, 48,351-word types, and 7,950 texts, and the analysis was conducted using a quantitative Corpus Linguistics approach with the #LancsBox X software. The findings reveal that sexual frequently co-occurs with terms such as children, abuse, and harassment, indicating strong lexical associations with vulnerable victims and criminal behaviour. These collocations are classified into three main themes: conflict [harassment (11.9), abuse (11.7), paedophilia (8)], socio-cultural framing [symptom (8.1)], and characterisation [children (11.2), predator (8.4)]. Additional collocates such as molestation, maltreatment, father, child, police, and teacher further illustrate the roles of perpetrators, victims, and institutional actors. Overall, the collocational patterns demonstrate how the media constructs societal perceptions of sexual crime through recurring lexical choices. These insights offer valuable implications for policymakers and relevant agencies in designing more effective strategies for addressing sexual crime in Malaysia.
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