1. What is situationally based police discretion? How is discretion used and abused?

2. What are youth squads and gang units? What are their functions?

3. What proportion of gangs in the United States are female gangs? What are some of the general characteristics of female gangs?

4. What are the four different discretionary actions police officers may take in relations to juveniles they encounter?

5. What is the intake process? Who performs the intake role? What are the duties of the intake officer?

6. How are minority youth disadvantaged at the intake stage?

7. What are several legal and extralegal factors that influence intake decision making? How do these factors influence intake decision making?

8. What types of juvenile offenders should be diverted from the juvenile justice system? Why?