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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

MR MATHEWS SAID THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS WHEN MAGISTRATES MADE SUCH ORDERS WERE:

* THERE SHOULD BE MATERIAL BEFORE THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS A RISK OF A UNLESS ACTION 18 TAKEN TO PREVENT IT;

THEY SHOULD MAKE CLEAR TO THE ACCUSED BIND HIM OVER AND THE REASONS FOR IT;

THEY SHOULD ACCUSED;

COURT

JUSTIFYING THE BREACH OF THE PEACE

THEIR INTENTION ΤΟ

OBTAIN CONSENT TO THE

BIND OVER FROM THE

* BEFORE FIXING THE AMOUNT OF THE RECOGNISANCE THEY SHOULD

ENQUIRE AS TO THE ACCUSED'S MEANS; AND

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THE BINDING OVER SHOULD BE FOR A FIXED PERIOD.

MR MATHEWS ALSO GAVE THE NUMBER OF BINDING OVER ORDERS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELATION TO CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECORDED IN THE POLICE DATABASE BETWEEN 1991 AND 1993 AS FOLLOWS:

YEAR

PERSONS CHARGED

BIND OVERS

1991

149

27 (18.1%)

1992

1993

120

17 (14.2%)

193

27 (14.0%)

(THESE FIGURES INCLUDE BIND OVERS IMPOSED BY A COURT IN RESPECT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF AN OFFENCE.)

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MEASURES TO FIGHT JUVENILE CRIME

THE POLICE, THE EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS HAVE DEVISED SPECIFIC MEASURES TO CURB JUVENILE CRIME, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG, ASPREY SAID THE POLICE HAD DEDICATED SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS WHO VISITED SCHOOLS, DELIVERED LECTURES ON CRIME PREVENTION AND MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACT WITH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS TO DEAL WITH DELINQUENT STUDENTS.

"DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDERS ALSO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS WHENEVER NECESSARY, HE ADDED.

MR ASPREY NOTED THE AGE GROUP 16 TO 20 ACCOUNTED FOR 57 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED UNDER 21 ARRESTED FOR CRIME IN 1993.

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