THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989
FIGHT CRIME REPORT NO.8 PUBLISHED
COVERS THE PUBLISHED TODAY
THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) REPORT NO.8, WHICH WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE CALENDER YEAR 1988, WAS (THURSDAY).
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THROUGH ITS FIVE THE STANDING COMMITTEE PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE,
SECURITY INDUSTRY AND
THE FCC CONTINUED TO WORK DURING THE YEAR SUB-COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS. THESE ARE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS, RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE, ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE REGULATION WORKING GROUP ON GANGS.
OF THE
IN SITUATION AS REGARDS THE GENERAL LAW AND ORDER
WAS A
OF DECREASE
2.5 PER REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THERE
CRIME PER 100,000 OF THE POPULATION ALSO REPORTED CRIME.
1988, THE CENT IN DECREASED
BY 3.5 PER CENT.
HIGHER THAN IT WAS 1985. THE LEVEL OF INCREASE COMPARED
ALTHOUGH OVERALL CRIME IN 1988 WAS STILL TEN YEARS AGO, IT HAS DECLINED FROM THE PEAK OF
LOWER RATE OF VIOLENT CRIME ROSE, BUT AT A MUCH WITH 1987.
CENT AND IT IS COUNTER THIS
SHOPTHEFT CASES SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF 20.7 PER FROM OVER 7,000 CASES IN 1987 TO SOME 5,600 CASES IN 1988, BELIEVED THAT THE FCC'S PUBLICITY AND OTHER MEASURES TO PARTICULAR CRIME HAVE PRODUCED A POSITIVE EFFECT.
ON
GANGS,
ITS
THE SUMMARIZING THE WORK DONE BY THE WORKING GROUP
GROUP DEVOTED REPORT NOTES THAT THE WORKING
MOST OF
TIME TO
FOLLOW UP THE
IN THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT "OPTION FOR CHANGES IN THE LAW AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEMS"
PROPOSALS
THE
THESE INCLUDED PROTECTION OF WITNESSES FROM INTIMIDATION, SETTING UP ONE-WAY VIEWERS FOR IDENTIFICATION PARADES, INCREASING
WITH TRIAD FINES UNDER THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE DEALING
MEMBERSHIP, INTRODUCTION OF THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME, ESTABLISHMENT OF INTER- DEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCES TO INVESTIGATE ORGANISED
AND CRIME, PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL CONSIDERATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF STRICTER GAMBLING, VICE-RELATED OFFENCES AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.
TRIAD
THE ON
DANGER OF HAS BEEN
ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE, A TEACHING PACKAGE INVOLVEMENT FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS INTRODUCED. VARIOUS PROJECTS ON THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND AFTERCARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED.
ENFORCEMENT
THE ADDITIONALLY,
WORKING GROUP HAD MONITORED POLICE AT CASTLE PEAK ACTION AGAINST THE ILLEGAL FISH TRADING
ACTIVITIES IN ABATTOIRS, BAY AND TRIAD
IT HAD ALSO LOOKED INTO POSSIBLE TRIAD INVOLVEMENT IN THE HARASSMENT OF CONTRACTORS IN THE CIRCULAR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
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