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should be administered include the prevalence of the offence, the degree of harm
and damage to property suffered by the victim, and the attitude of the victim and
the offender’s parents or guardian(s).
6.5 A total of 2 220 juvenile offenders were cautioned in 2009,
representing a decrease of 5.9% when compared with 2008 (2 358). This gives a
caution rate of 36.7% out of the juveniles arrested, compared with 37.4% in
2008. A comparison of the number of juveniles cautioned in 2008 and 2009 is
set out below –
Year
No. of Juveniles
Arrested
No. of Juveniles
Cautioned
Caution Rate of
Juveniles Arrested
2008 6 303 2 358 37.4%
2009 6 049 2 220 36.7%
6.6 The serious nature of the offence and the previous caution record of
the offender remained the most common reasons for proceeding with
prosecutions instead of giving cautions. The age groups of 13, 14 and 15
continued to be the largest cautioned age groups (see chart at Appendix Q).
Referrals
6.7 With effect from 1 November 2008, the Police has adopted a more
coordinated approach in the post-caution supervision of the cautioned juveniles.
Subject to the consent of their parents or guardian(s), all cautioned juveniles
under the PSDS are referred to the Police’s Juvenile Protection Section for
regular supervisory visits. If the Police Superintendent considers that a juvenile
offender requires further “aftercare” in addition to the post-caution visits by the
Juvenile Protection Section, he will refer the offender to one or more of the
following agencies for appropriate follow-up service with the consent of the
offender’s parents or guardian(s) –
(a)
(b)
(c)
NGOs running the Community Support Service Scheme;
the SWD; or
the EDB.
6.8 The number of referrals to the respective agencies/scheme under the
PSDS in 2009 are as follows –
110