120. Young Persons (i.e. those between 16 and 20 years) prosecuted for Serious Crime numbered 971, representing 14% of all prosecutions, being the same as last year. Arrests among these youthful offenders showed substantial increases for woundings (+11 or 15%), breakings (+6 or 15%) and membership of unlawful societies (+7 or 25%). On the other hand fewer were charged with affrays (-6 or 38%), indecent assault on girls (-6 or 40%), larcenies from vehicles (-18 or 40%) and simple larcenies (-74 or 22%).
121. Youthful offenders dealt with by the Juvenile Liaison Sections in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island police districts during the year numbered 224, of whom 5% came to police notice for the commission of further offences.
122. It is intended to establish a small Headquarters section in the coming year to co-ordinate the work of the two districts, to do research into juvenile crime statistics, and to liaise with the Social Welfare Depart- ment and the various welfare agencies.
123. The trend of juvenile crime since 1959 is shown in the chart at Appendix 20.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
124. The C.I.D. is under the direction of an Assistant Commissioner of Police. His Deputy is a Senior Superintendent. A Senior Superintendent also commands the Anti-Corruption Branch and on 10th January, 1964 the post of O.C. Narcotics Bureau was upgraded from Superintendent to Senior Superintendent. The establishment of Superintendents/Assistant Superintendents is ten. Four are in charge of sections of C.I.D. Head- quarters, two of sections of the Anti-Corruption Branch, one of the Narcotics Bureau and three are attached to Districts.
125. The Department consists of six main groups: The Anti-Corrup- tion Branch, the Narcotics Bureau, the Commercial Crime Office, the Triad Society Bureau, the General Investigation Section and Aids to Investigation Section, which are described below:
ANTI-CORRUPTION BRANCH
126. A Senior Superintendent is in charge of this branch and is responsible to the Director of Criminal Investigation for its work of detecting, investigating and preventing corruption.
127. All reports received by the branch are examined by a 'Target' Committee, consisting of the Deputy Commissioner as Chairman, the
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