This research was conducted to answer two problems. First, how was police
discretion implemented to juvenile stealing crime offenders in Yogyakarta city?
Second, what was police handicap ini giving discretion to juvenile stealing crime
offender in Yogyakarta city? This research used normative method. The research
results showed that: first, police discretion was implemented to juvenile stealing
crime offenders by separating then from adult criminal offenders since
investigation phase juvenile stealing crime offenders where investigated in a
special waiting room (woman and children care unit). Second, the police handicap
in giving discretion to juvenile stealing crime offender in Yogyakarta was the
prevailing law which obligated the investigator to continue the case to the next
phase. So it was difficult for the police to give diversion in handling juvenile
stealing crime cases in Yogyakarta.