What discretionary options do intake officers exercise in their dealings with juvenile offenders?
What will be an ideal response?
Considerable discretion; largely unregulated
Not public; few persons involved; few rights as in adjudicatory hearing
Informal compiling of information; can have significant impact on youth
Left to intake officer to decide what is best for juvenile
Screening instruments such as questionnaires used to identify risk
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
One problem in using Utilitarian theory is that it may be difficult to predict outcomes accurately.
The key word in defining "entrapment" by a peace officer is ________
A) encouragement B) terrorizing C) sting D) inveiglement E) inducement
Several steps must be taken in order to improve the quality of policing, including:
a. police being equipped to define and understand the problems they are expected to handle. b. police developing a commitment to analyzing problems. c. police being encouraged to conduct an uninhibited search for the most effective response to each problem. d. all of the above.
Shaw and McKay developed the theory of differential association
a. true b. false