Teen Problem

Group member: Stephanie Lo

Jacklyn NgAngel Ng

Winnie ShumJaime So

Juliane Yuen

STEP BY STEP

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IntroductionTeenagers’

theft in Hong Kong

• Rate of teenagers committing theft increases continuously.

• Among all juvenile delinquency cases, theft occurs the most.

• We want to understand teenagers’ psychology and prevent such cases from happening again.

Research Questions

a) What is teenagers’ theft in Hong Kong like?

b) Why do teenagers in Hong Kong commit theft?

c) What are the impacts of teenagers’ theft on parents and teenagers?

d) What can parents, teenagers and the government do to improve the situation of teenagers’ theft in Hong Kong?

a) What is teenagers’ theft in Hong Kong like?

• Teenagers: aged between 13 and 15• Items included: snacks, blush, dolls,

handbags, etc.• Occurs in supermarkets, department

stores, convenient stores, bookshops, etc.

• Form: theft, robbery and burglary• Punishment: sent to detention center

Items stolen by teenagers

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Accessories Stationery Clothes Snacks Others

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ber of

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pond

ents

Condition of teenagers' theft inHong Kong

36%

38%

26%common

not common

no comment

b) Why do teenagers in Hong Kong commit theft?

Causes: • peer pressure• greed• curiosity• seeking excitement• satisfy their certain needs • jealousy• retaliation• emotional disturbance• getting others’ attention• psychological compensation• having improper values, etc.

Reason s for teen agerscommittin g th eft

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Out ofcuriosity

Peer pressure Seekingexcitement

Out of greed Others

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c) What are the impacts of teenagers’ theft on parents

and teenagers?1. receive punishmenta) primary offenders: finedb) offend again: imprisonedc) maximum period of imprisonment: up to 10

yearsd) jailed in detention centre or rehabilitation

centre2. get a criminal record3. affect their application of migrating or studying

abroad4. cannot work in governmental organizations or

register as directors of company

The impacts of teenagers' theft on parents

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Can't acceptthe fact

emotionallyupset

Can't bear thediscrimination

of others

Pay legal fee Others

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What teenagers' parents should do to prevent teenagers fromcommiting theft

12%

38%

24%

22%

4%Give more advice

Communicate withteenagers

Understand theteenagers more

Spend more time withteenagers

Others

d) What can parents, teenagers and the government do to help improve the situation of

teenagers’ theft in Hong Kong?

Parents• establish contact with the Police Relations

Office and Anti-triad Squad directly through the internet

• give some advice to encourage the accused teenagers to value their chance of rehabilitating themselves.

Teenagers• should not bring a large amount of money or

valuable assets back to school • mark down the number of the bank notes

first to avoid being stolen• take care of their own belongings carefully• valuables should be taken along with them,

not shown to anybody.

Government• ask the school to remind the students not

to defy the law through education. • continuously strengthen the

communication between the police, the school and the teenagers.

• supply more information about the problem of teenagers’ committing theft to the school or teenagers.

• Already carried out some measures like Early Bird which is to hold talks in the morning assembly to teach students how to stop crimes

• carried out some schemes like “ Working together with the police”.

Judges

a) advise and encourage the accused teenagers to treasure the chance of rehabilitating themselves.b) grant them a chance to receive some appropriate counseling and training to let them rejoin the society.

The impact of teenagers ’theft on criminals

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The impact of teenagers ’theft ongovernment

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The impact of teenagers ’theft on society

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The impact of teenagers ’theft on family

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The impact of teenagers ’theft on friends

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The impact of teenagers ’theft on the victims

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Conclusion• Teenagers aged between 13 and 15 committe

d theft because of jealousy and peer pressure and they would be sent to detention center or rehabilitation centers if caught.

• The Government should provide more information about the problem of teenagers’ committing theft to schools and teenagers

• The Government should carry out more measures like “Early Bird” and “Working together with the police”.

Difficulties• articles were too outdated • range of information was narrow • didn't know how to set the questions in the questi

onnaire• techniques of making a PowerPoint

Reflection• the relationship between all members have got cl

oser• learn how to think from different angles when we

were setting the questionnaire • communicate better during the discussions in the

lessons• finish our work on time with good quality