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(e)the offender and his parents or guardian agree to the caution.7.4 Altogether a total of 2 929 juvenile offenders were cautioned in2004, a drop of 12.4% compared with 2002 (3 345) and a drop of 2.8%compared with 2003 (3 012). This gives a caution rate of 38.7% out of thejuveniles arrested, compared with 41.0% in 2002 and 38.0% in 2003. Givenbelow is a comparison of the number of juveniles cautioned between 2002 and2004 -PeriodNo. ofJuvenilesArrested% ofJuvenilesEligible forPSDSNo. ofJuvenilesCautionedCautionRate ofJuveniles Arrested2002 8 156 54.7% 3 345 41.0%2003 7 918 50.4% 3 012 38.0%2004 7 566 51.9% 2 929 38.7%7.5 The serious nature of the offence and the previous caution record ofthe offender remained the most common reasons for not giving cautions. Theage groups of 13, 14 and 15 continued to be the largest cautioned age groups(see chart at Appendix XVII).REFERRALS7.6 For those cases in which the Police Superintendents are of the viewthat ‘aftercare’ is necessary in addition to caution, they will be referred to one ormore of the following organisations for follow up -Name of OrganisationPSDS Referralsin 2004No. %Juvenile Protection Section (JPS) 1 572 42.1Community Support Service Scheme (CSSS) 2 085 55.9Social Welfare Department (SWD) 56 1.5Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) 17 0.5Total 3 730 100.0123
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