A police officer in Goldport, a state in the United States, refers twelve-year-old Mark to a juvenile court and files a complaint. Robinson, an official of the court, reads the complaint and decides to release Mark. In this scenario, Robinson is in the _____ stage of a pretrial juvenile justice procedure.

A. incarceration
B. detention
C. intake
D. diversion


Answer: C

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