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postgraduate thesis: Should the discretion scheme administered by entities other than the Police so as to ensure a better diversionary treatment for young offenders?
Title | Should the discretion scheme administered by entities other than the Police so as to ensure a better diversionary treatment for young offenders? |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Au, P. F. [區佩珊], Dungey, D. E. [鄧志琛], Ho, M. A. [何明慧], Ko, T. D. [高迪], Tai, Y. N. [戴欣]. (2016). Should the discretion scheme administered by entities other than the Police so as to ensure a better diversionary treatment for young offenders?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | In Hong Kong, the Police Superintendent’s Discretion Scheme (“the Scheme”) has been adopted by the Hong Kong Police Force as a non-punishment option to deal with young offenders who have committed relatively minor offences. This current study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the Scheme and whether the police should remain the appropriate entity to continue administering the Scheme, by drawing findings from qualitative interviews, a literature review, and secondary data findings. The study shows that whilst the Scheme and its post-caution services are considered not fully capable of achieving the objectives of the restorative justice ideologies, it is considered to be effective in offering an extra option to deal with young offenders who commit minor offences. Whilst most stakeholders consider that the police should remain the appropriate entity for the Scheme, they offer practical suggestions to refine the Scheme which will be elaborated in the paper.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Police services for juveniles - China - Hong Kong Juvenile justice, Administration of - China - Hong Kong |
Dept/Program | Criminology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/249818 |
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dc.contributor.author | Au, Pui-san, Fanny | - |
dc.contributor.author | 區佩珊 | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dungey, Daniel Edward | - |
dc.contributor.author | 鄧志琛 | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, Ming-wai Alisa | - |
dc.contributor.author | 何明慧 | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ko, Tik, Dicken | - |
dc.contributor.author | 高迪 | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tai, Yan, Noel | - |
dc.contributor.author | 戴欣 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-19T09:27:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-19T09:27:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Au, P. F. [區佩珊], Dungey, D. E. [鄧志琛], Ho, M. A. [何明慧], Ko, T. D. [高迪], Tai, Y. N. [戴欣]. (2016). Should the discretion scheme administered by entities other than the Police so as to ensure a better diversionary treatment for young offenders?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/249818 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In Hong Kong, the Police Superintendent’s Discretion Scheme (“the Scheme”) has been adopted by the Hong Kong Police Force as a non-punishment option to deal with young offenders who have committed relatively minor offences. This current study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the Scheme and whether the police should remain the appropriate entity to continue administering the Scheme, by drawing findings from qualitative interviews, a literature review, and secondary data findings. The study shows that whilst the Scheme and its post-caution services are considered not fully capable of achieving the objectives of the restorative justice ideologies, it is considered to be effective in offering an extra option to deal with young offenders who commit minor offences. Whilst most stakeholders consider that the police should remain the appropriate entity for the Scheme, they offer practical suggestions to refine the Scheme which will be elaborated in the paper. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Police services for juveniles - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Juvenile justice, Administration of - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Should the discretion scheme administered by entities other than the Police so as to ensure a better diversionary treatment for young offenders? | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Criminology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991043959699803414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991043959699803414 | - |