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NO NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN CRIMINAL OFFENCES BY STUDENTS

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NUMBER MONTHS,

OF THE

NOTICEABLE INCREASE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A

THE IN STUDENTS ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES OVER THE LAST 15 SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, INFORMED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR ASPREY SUPPORTED HIS STATEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS:

PERIOD

NO. OF STUDENTS ARRESTED

FIRST QUARTER 1989 SECOND QUARTER 1989 THIRD QUARTER 1989 FOURTH QUARTER 1989 FIRST QUARTER 1990

1,452

1,507

1,265

1,388

1,404

HE POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE POLICE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MONITORED CLOSELY THE INCIDENCE OF CRIME IN SCHOOLS THROUGH AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS.

MR ASPREY SAID THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE POLICE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO COUNTER JUVENILE CRIME INCLUDED:

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STUDENTS THE SCHOOLS, AND

REGULAR SCHOOL VISITS AND LECTURES BY THE 19 DISTRICT POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS TO EXPLAIN ΤΟ CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN TO ADVISE THEM AGAINST INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME;

SEMINARS FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR, CRIME AND ACTIVITIES;

TRIAD

DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS OF MATERIAL ON CRIME AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THE AWARENESS OF BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS;

INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN JUNIOR POLICE CALL ACTIVITIES;

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AND

WARNINGS AGAINST INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME THROUGH EDUCATIONAL FILMS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND PAMPHLETS.

"THESE MEASURES ARE REGULARLY REVIEWED AND MODIFIED ΤΟ ENSURE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, MR ASPREY ADDED.

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