cerned with the study of delinquent behaviour, with the means of correcting it and to this end seek to enlist the positive help and under- standing of the community. Probationers who fail to carry out the conditions of their orders are brought back to court to be dealt with in another way for their original offence, apart from any subsequent offences which they may have committed.
46. Investigations of social background involve a number of inter- views and relevant information comes from such sources as the offender himself, his parents or relatives, schools, the police, voluntary welfare agencies, professional personnel such as doctors or ministers and other interested and informed people concerned with him. The technical 'success' rate, that is, the number of those who completed their periods of probation without any further offences, is now 68 percent. Most of the 'failures' were subsequently committed to further reformatory school training, to a training centre or to prison if they belonged to the older age-group.
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
47. The Castle Peak Boys' Home and the O Pui Shan Boys' Home are reformatory schools established under the Industrial and Reforma- tory Schools Ordinance, Cap. 225. These schools provide residential care and training for juvenile offenders committed by the Juvenile Court for an indeterminate sentence of between one to five years. The Castle Peak Boys' Home has a capacity for 120 and caters for senior boys aged 14-16, while the O Pui Shan Boys' Home which has a capacity for 140 caters for junior boys aged 14 and under. In both Homes a programme of training is designed so as to let the boys grow and develop in a fairly free, but reasonably controlled and disciplined atmosphere. This programme includes a normal school curriculum, pre-vocational and trade training classes, group discussions, scouting activities, sports and recreational activities, all of which are geared towards character training and social adjustment. During the year there were 129 admissions to, and 98 discharges from the two reformatory schools. 29 boys were discharged on licence.
After-care programme
48. When a youngster leaves a reformatory school, he is released on licence under the supervision of an after-care officer of the Depart- ment. This officer in consultation with the superintendents and
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