The GAO studies were to address: (1) juveniles waived to adult court (frequency and extent, conditions of confinement in adult facilities, sentencing patterns, state waiver statutes); (2) admission of juveniles with behavioral disorders to psychiatric hospitals and other residential and nonresidential programs (frequency, conditions of confinement, average length of stay, methods of payment); (3) gender bias in the treatment of status offenders (including the appropriateness of conditions of confinement for females); (4) the cost-effectiveness of the Federal Native American pass-through grant program; and (5) availability of counsel in juvenile court proceedings. Congressional authorization of these studies was based on their investigations and hearings held to consider the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's reauthorization legislation. Footnotes, references