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CHAPTER 9
WORK OF SUB-COMMITTEES
Standing Committee on Young Offenders
9.1 The Standing Committee on Young Offenders (SCOYO) is a subcommittee
of the FCC established in July 1986 by reconstituting the FCC’s
Working Group on Youth. Its key objective is to examine factors which affect
the involvement of young people at risk in crime, and to consider preventive and
remedial measures that can be implemented through education, social and
correctional programmes. One of the tasks of the SCOYO is to monitor the
work of the Young Offender Assessment Panel (YOAP). As a task force
comprising professional staff from the CSD and the SWD, the YOAP makes
recommendations on the most appropriate rehabilitation programme for
convicted young offenders. The terms of reference and the 2009-10 membership
list of the SCOYO are at Appendix B(a).
9.2 During the year, the SCOYO examined two reports, one on statistics
on crimes involving juveniles and young persons and the other on the operation
of the Police Superintendents’ Discretion Scheme. The Committee also received
a briefing on the CSD’s Rehabilitation Pioneer Project which aims to promote
crime prevention and support the rehabilitation of offenders.
9.3 The SCOYO discussed whether and how different sectors of the
community could be mobilized to help prevent youth involvement in minor
crimes. The Committee considered that there might be merit to mobilize
volunteers, say from the disciplined forces, to run mentor schemes on a pilot
basis for youths at risk, and was pleased to note that volunteer groups in the
Police Force had been working with NGOs providing different mentor schemes
for youth at risk. In addition, volunteer officers of the C&ED had joined a youth
mentoring scheme for Tseung Kwan O students. The Committee also noted that
the HAD had mobilized professional bodies to take part in mentor schemes in
18 districts to cultivate positive values among youngsters who were drug abusers
or were at risk.
9.4 The Committee was also concerned on cases of young persons
reported missing being able to leave the territory, and was pleased to note that
the Juvenile Court might, having regard to the circumstances of the case, make a
supervision order which requires a supervised person to comply with the
requirements which the Juvenile Court considered necessary for securing the
adequate care, protection and control of the supervised person.
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