I answered the question to the listed scenario In the following scenario:

You will act in the role of a police officer who is dealing with a juvenile. This juvenile is out past curfew. Curfew violations are a city ordinance, and police officers may make an arrest in this situation or decide to handle the offense less formally.

Listed below are the new questions formed from the scenario above.

What I would like to see is relating rational choice, as it applies to the juvenile scenario, to police officer discretion. What might be the relationship in an officer's decision making process if they are entertaining such a theoretical influence?