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10.
(IV)
TO ENSURE THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME COULD BE PROVIDED TO YOUNG OFFENDERS, A YOUNG OFFENDER ASSESSMENT PANEL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 JOINTLY BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ΤΟ ADVISE MAGISTRATES BEFORE SENTENCING.
A COMPARISON OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS SERVICE AREA BETWEEN 1981/82 AND 1991/92 IS AS FOLLOWS:
PROGRAMME
OFFENDERS
1. PROBATION
OFFICERS
2. RESIDENTIAL
INSTITUTIONS FOR
JUVENILE
DELINQUENTS
UNIT
1981/82 PROVISION
1991/92 PROVISION
INCREASE
SOCIAL WORKERS
80
100
20
HOMES
5
Co
3. AFTERCARE
SOCIAL
19
23
SERVICES FOR
WORKERS
EX-PRISONERS
4. SUPPORT SERVICES HOSTELS/
12
15
FOR OFFENDERS
HALF-WAY HOUSES
FINANCIAL PROVISION
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
$26M
$108M
$82M
+315%
11.
THE POLICY COMMITMENTS FOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS SET OUT IN THE 1979 WHITE PAPER WERE :
(A) TO PROVIDE CENTRES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE RATE OF 11 CHILDREN CENTRES AND 11 YOUTH CENTRES EACH YEAR;
(B)
TO EXPAND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK то COVER ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS; AND
12.
(C)
TO EXPAND OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK TO HELP YOUTHS AT RISK.
A
ΤΟ
THESE COMMITMENTS HAVE ON THE WHOLE BEEN ACHIEVED. COMPARISON OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS SERVICE AREA BETWEEN 1981/82
1991/92 IS AS FOLLOWS :
/PROGRAMME