You are a juvenile justice professional who demonstrates a solid understanding of standard procedures in the juvenile versus adult criminal justice systems, as well as experience in recommending appropriate juvenile programs for intervention. You’ve been tasked to write a report advocating the balanced and restorative justice (BARJ) model and how it differs from the retributive, punitive philosophy of the criminal justice system and the traditional individual treatment and protection model of the juvenile court. This report is to be presented to the executive staff of your state’s Department of Juvenile Justice.

Assessment Preparation

Review the following figures from your textbook, Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Practices:

• Figure 8.11, “Comparison of Criminal and Juvenile Court Rights Based on U.S. Supreme Court Rulings,” from Ch. 8
• Figure 10.6, “Types of Blended Sentencing,” from Ch. 10
• Figure 15.2, “The Balanced Approach,” and Figure 15.3, “Focus on Practice: Restorative Justice Practice, Location, and Objectives,” from Ch. 15

Assessment Deliverable

Write a 700- to 1,050-word report to the executive staff of your state’s Department of Juvenile Justice in which you address the following:  

• Identify “getting-tough” methods in response to juvenile crime that have made juvenile justice more compatible with the criminal justice system.
• Identify what due process rights are shared by both the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and what rights are not extended to juvenile proceedings.
• Explain the new form of disposition and sentencing known as blended sentencing. 
• Explain one type of blended sentencing that is processed in the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and one type of blended sentencing that is processed and tried in the criminal justice system.
• Describe the goals of the balanced and restorative justice (BARJ) model and how its practices differ from both the traditional model of juvenile justice and the traditional model of criminal justice.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references and format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.