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Lost Causes: Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission
Chad R. Trulson
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Description for Lost Causes: Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 23 b&w photos, 5 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
What should be done with minors who kill, maim, defile, and destroy the lives of others? The state of Texas deals with some of its most serious and violent youthful offenders through determinate sentencing, a unique sentencing structure that blends parts of the juvenile and adult justice systems. Once adjudicated via determinate sentencing, offenders are first incarcerated in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). As they approach age eighteen, they are either transferred to the Texas prison system to serve the remainder of their original determinate sentence or released from TYC into Texas's communities. ... Read more
What should be done with minors who kill, maim, defile, and destroy the lives of others? The state of Texas deals with some of its most serious and violent youthful offenders through determinate sentencing, a unique sentencing structure that blends parts of the juvenile and adult justice systems. Once adjudicated via determinate sentencing, offenders are first incarcerated in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). As they approach age eighteen, they are either transferred to the Texas prison system to serve the remainder of their original determinate sentence or released from TYC into Texas's communities. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477308455
SKU
V9781477308455
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About Chad R. Trulson
Chad R. Trulson is a professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton. Darin R. Haerle is an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Chico. Jonathan W. Caudill is an associate professor and criminal justice coordinator in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Chico. ... Read more
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